Chelsea midfielder N ’Golo Kante has been ruled fit for their Champions League Round of 16 – second leg at Bayern Munich on Saturday as the Blues struggle with injuries .
Coach Frank Lampard is already without Cesar Azpilicueta , Christian Pulisic and Pedro who all picked up injuries during Chelsea’ s 2 -1 defeat by Arsenal in the FA Cup final. Willian is also out .
Lampard told reporters that American Pulisic ’ s injury — a hamstring strain — could rule him out for six weeks while Azpilicueta would be sidelined for three .
But he will have fit again Ruben Loftus -Cheek ready to start .
Chelsea lost 3- 0 in London in the first leg and with the string of injuries at the end of their domestic season decimating his squad , Lampard said his players would need to be careful .
“I wouldn ’ t say all guns blazing or keep it tight , ” he said about his tactics . “We want to get our game right as a whole .”
“When you play a team as good as they are, you have to play very well and we didn ’ t play well enough ( in the first leg ) .”
Bayern are in the hunt for a treble of titles after winning the domestic league and Cup double .
Lampard will be drawing on his own playing experience in Munich , when they came from a goal down in 2012 to win a penalty shootout against Bayern and lift the trophy , to motivate his players .
“If I try to use all the short stories from my career to the players they would get very bored , but I want them to feel and show they can turn this game around . Then they can attempt to do something special, ” he said .
