Chelsea has been given a major boost ahead of their Premier League clash with Manchester United on Monday night at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea confirmed in a post on their official website that midfielder, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, returned to the Blues’ training at Cobham on Tuesday morning following his recent recovery from injury.
Loftus-Cheek trained with Chelsea’s first-team players that includes the likes of N’Golo Kante, Antonio Rudiger, and Mateo Kovačić.
The England international is hoping to regain full match fitness to be part of the Chelsea squad that will tackle Man United.
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The 24-year-old has not featured for Frank Lampard’s side since he ruptured his Achilles during their friendly against the New England Revolution last May.
Chelsea head to the clash following a 2-2 draw against Leicester City in their last Premier League encounter.
“It is a very exciting team,” said Solskjaer. “Frank has got players that have been on loan for one or two seasons in the Championship.
“The difference between my youngsters is that they are almost stepping right now onto the scene.”
United inflicted a harsh lesson on Lampard in his first Premier League assignment as Chelsea head coach.
Marcus Rashford opened United’s account from the penalty spot on 18 minutes, but Chelsea struck the woodwork twice through Tammy Abraham and Emerson Palmieri before the end of a promising first half.
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Chelsea had more chances and more possession but a combination of wastefulness in front of goal and defensive errors cost them dearly, as Anthony Martial doubled United’s lead and Rashford doubled his tally in the space of two second-half minutes.
Summer signing Daniel James came off the bench to complete the rout for Solskjaer’s side, who were guided to a first clean sheet of the season by assured performances from Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka on their Premier League debuts for the club.
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