Ben Chilwell bravely revealed on social media he had therapy after his “confidence took a hit”.

The England international joined Chelsea from Leicester City in the summer in a £50m deal, and has since helped in improving the Stamford Bridge side.

He said: “Last year I went through a period where my confidence took a hit and it affected me in my everyday life. I eventually spoke to someone about it and found it helped a lot.

“In football especially people don’t like to show weakness. But talking about difficulties or problems in your life with others is important.

“Everyone is going through something and hopefully someone has seen this tweet and feels they are able to talk to someone about something troubling them, where they felt they couldn’t before.

“I think it’s important we all talk on this topic, especially with everything going on at the moment.”

Arsenal winger Willian insists he is learning a lot under Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta but has admitted elements of the Spaniard’s tactics have often left him ‘frustrated’.

The winger joined the Gunners on a free transfer in the summer after rejecting a new contract at Chelsea and found adapting to life under his new coach, who wants his players to hold their positions and wait for the ball to come to them.

The Brazilian has not been able to make an impact since his two assists in the opening game against Fulham and is still waiting for his first goal in an Arsenal shirt.

Willian said he is beginning to get to grips with the demands of his manager but said it has been a steep learning curve.

“It’s been a cool, new experience. I hadn’t worked with a coach with that mindset,” Willian told Globo Esporte as cited by the Mail.

“The positional game doesn’t mean that you have no freedom on the pitch, you have the freedom to move, but many times you have to respect the position, what the coach asks, the instructions, understanding that it’ll be better for the team.

“It may happen that you don’t touch the ball and get frustrated, but Mikel always says that, wait a minute, the ball will arrive. I’ve been learning a lot.”

Willian missed Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat by Leicester last weekend with a calf issue

Frank Lampard has warned that Burnley still pose a significant threat, saying that he “will always respect” the Turf Moor side.

Chelsea return to Premier League action with an away trip to Burnley on Saturday, hoping to inflict more damage on a side without a league win this season.

Burnley currently occupy 18th place in the table and have scored just three goals, but Lampard insists Sean Dyche’s men still pose a significant threat.

“I will always respect a Burnley team managed by Sean Dyche because of the qualities they have,” Lampard said.

“I watched the game against Tottenham (a 1-0 defeat) and they were very unfortunate to not take anything from the game against a very good Tottenham team.

“It was what you expect from Burnley in terms of their organisation, their effort, their desire and their qualities.

“People can pigeon-hole Burnley but I don’t. I know they have quality players, I know they have a very effective way of playing and a very good manager so I expect a tough match.”

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has hailed the impact of Didier Drogba at Chelsea.

The Ivorian striker spent eight years at Stamford Bridge, scoring 164 goals for the club and inspiring his team to success in the Premier League and Champions League.

And former Arsenal forward Wright has admitted his admiration for Drogba.

“The thing with him [Drogba], I think he was in danger of people judging him for the antics, for going down too easy for a big man,” Wright said on the Wrighty’s House podcast.

“But in respect to the number nine, and the way he played that role on his own up there, just covering all the bases, literally doing everything.

“Scoring the goals, linking up the play, taking free-kicks, getting assists. He was the one, for me, that made people say, ‘that’s where we need to go, that’s how we’ve got to do it’.”

Chelsea right-back Reece James has donated £10,000 to a London food charity with the aim of raising £100,000 by December.

The 20-year-old has joined Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford in the fight to end hunger.

According to the Daily Mail, the England international has been working with the Felix Project – a charity that delivers surplus food to those in need of it in the capital.

He has pledged a five-figure sum to the organisation in his bid to tackle food poverty.

It has also been claimed that James is hoping to raise ten times the amount he has pledged before his 21st birthday on December 8.

The Mail state that the ex-Wigan loanee is launching a fundraising page to help the charity. They aim to deliver a whopping 19 million meals by the end of 2020.

Frank Lampard has confirmed that Thiago Silva is fit to return to the Chelsea squad for the club’s game away to Burnley on Saturday afternoon after last night’s 4-0 win away to Krasnodar.

The 36-year-old watched on from home as Chelsea beat Krasnodar after enjoying an extra day off with his family.

Frank Lampard rested the Silva for the 3,500-mile round-trip having only just introduced the defender to his squad.

“Thiago is fit. Taking him out of Russia was a maintenance issue,” Lampard said in his pre-match press conference.

While Chelsea dispatched their Russian opponents, Silva sat in a hotel room back in the UK whilst wearing a leg recovery device.

The high-tech trousers are designed to massage muscles in a variety of settings, reducing soreness and improving circulation.

Silva captioned the picture, ‘Post training recovery’, while using the device designed by Italian company Globus.

The trousers have become commonplace in top-level sport, across football, cricket, boxing and MMA with the likes of Anthony Joshua and Gareth Bale previously pictured in them.

Silva impressed fans with his performance in the 0-0 draw against Manchester United on the weekend, with Chelsea now keeping three consecutive clean sheets.

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Callum Hudson-Odoi was delighted to score in Chelsea’s 4-0 Champions League win at Krasnodar last night.

It went in via a huge goalkeeping mistake but the young winger is not bothered.

He said: “I’ll take any goal that comes my way. It was a shot that the goalkeeper mis-parried and it went in but a goal is a goal, so you try to keep improving and get more.

“We worked really hard from the start and we deserved our goals with the way we played.

“There were a few times when we were lackadaisical, a bit slow at times, but after that we grew into the game and we took our chances well.“

Frank Lampard is set to make Timo Werner Chelsea penalty taker, saying he will speak to Jorginho and the German before deciding who will now take Blues’ penalties.

Jorginho has missed two of his last four spot-kicks after hitting the post with the game goalless during Wednesday night’s 4-0 win in Krasnodar.

The Italian had been substituted by the time Chelsea were awarded a second penalty and Werner dispatched with a thumping effort on 76 minutes.

Lampard insists he has no issue with Jorginho’s hop-skip technique, but he could not confirm if the midfielder will continue on penalty duty.

“Jorginho has had an incredibly successful run of scoring penalties in his career, especially at Chelsea,’ said the Blues boss.

“If you take that many penalties, as he does, there can be periods when you miss one or two, I’ve experienced that as a player. I’ve got no problem at all with his style of taking them because of the success he’s had.

“But I know Timo Werner is very capable of taking penalties, as we saw. We have other players that can too. So I will talk to the players to see how we move forward, but we have very good penalty takers at the club.”

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Frank Lampard hopes he made Roman Abramovich happy with Chelsea’s win over Krasnodar.

The Blues owner attended his first live Chelsea match in nearly 15 months on Wednesday night.

The Russian billionaire had not seen the Blues in the flesh since a friendly against Red Bull Salzburg in July 2019.

But after spending nearly £250MILLION on new talent this summer, the Chelsea owner was one of the 11,000 people inside the Krasnodar Stadium to watch the Blues win 4-0.

Mr Abramovich has not visited Stamford Bridge in nearly three years over issues with his Visa.

After the match, Lampard said: “I was aware that he was at the game obviously, which always makes us happy.

“I always feel the support of the owner at the club, whether he’s here at games or not.

“To have him here is a nice bonus for myself, for the squad, and we’re very respectful of him of course.

“I didn’t manage to see him because before the game I was in the dressing room.

“A couple of my staff members spoke to him. By the time I came out for the warm-up, he wasn’t around.

“I’m very pleased we put on what we thought was a good performance – four goals and a clean sheet in his home country – so I hope it made him happy.”

Goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi, Timo Werner, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech were all that Chelsea needed to pick up three points in an emphatic Champions League win in Russia.

Back-to-back goalless draws had signalled that Lampard had made strides in sorting out his side’s defence, and while they will face tougher opposition than Russian new boys Krasnodar, the manager will be delighted that his attacking riches also kicked into gear after midfielder Jorginho had missed an early penalty.

They’ll be delighted after rediscovering their goalscoring chops, and once again showcasing their newly found defensive resilience. Three clean sheets in a row.

The Blues stars took to twitter to celebrate their win:

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