Chelsea will travel to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday with a squad far from Frank Lampard's first choice. Despite boasting a 32-man group of players to select from, a plague of injuries has cut that down massively.
With just three games to go before the end of a torturous season there are as many as seven players not expected to play, with doubts over several more. It has left the backline lacking and the midfield appearing threadbare, despite the heavy investment of the past 12 months.
Both Lewis Hall and Carney Chukwuemeka were kept behind from England Under-20 World Cup duty due to injuries ahead of them in their position and the list of casualties includes some that may never play for the club again.
