Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is ready to welcome a double injury boost with Christian Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek on their way back.

Lampard thinks Pulisic will be back in training in the middle of the week, while Loftus-Cheek, who has been out since last May, is now in training.

The manager said, "He had his first session with us fully on Friday, which was a light session and that suited him. He's got a fair way to go still, and I'm not being pessimistic there. He probably needs a full week's training with us, a tough week, and then he'll need some Under-23 games.

"The break comes at a nice time for him, because it's a nice time for him to work, and we'll gauge it at the other end of that break and see where we are.

"I don't care who you are, you'll miss Ruben and his abilities, his natural physique, ability to travel with the ball, move it well, the goals he started to score last year – which have to be a big part of his game.

"Of course we'll miss a player of that level and it put a smile on everyone's face to see him back, because he's popular with his team-mates as well."