All of Chelsea's big guns will be back for tomorrow night's Champions League semi at Liverpool.

Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba all took part in training yesterday. The trio of key Chelsea players gave Avram Grant a timely boost by joining in at the club's Cobham base and all three are expected to be included in the squad that travels to Merseyside today.

Lampard, on compassionate leave, was excused from last week's league games and has not played since the quarter-final second leg against Fenerbahce.

"For me, football is very important but there are things beyond football - family matters," Grant said when reflecting on Lampard's absence. "We've missed him, we've missed Ballack, we've missed Didier. You saw what happened last year when we missed only two players; imagine what would have happened if we had played without Lampard too."