Frank Lampard provides injury updates on Pulisic, Christensen as Chelsea face West Ham

Frank Lampard has provided injury news with regards to his two key players Christian Pulisic and Andreas Christensen ahead of West Ham clash.

According to the Blues boss, Chelsea will wait until tomorrow to decide whether the two players will be fit enough for the Wednesday’s London derby.

The USA international who has been in brilliant form since the restart – scoring against Aston Villa as well as Manchester City – limped off during the second half of the FA Cup quarter-final win over Leicester City at the weekend.

In his press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game, Lampard responded to journalists’ questions posed via Zoom, saying: “Christian felt a bit of tightness in his calf when he came off against Leicester.

“We’re managing him. I haven’t got an answer for him yet, it feels better than it did at the end of the game, so we’ll see by tomorrow.

“Andreas Christensen likewise is in the squad, but we will have to see with another 24 hours because of the tight turnaround.”

On his assessment of his team so far since the restart, with three matches now played, Lampard said: “I’m happy to win games and with elements of the games we’ve played, particularly the first two. We have to keep working along the same lines. We have to focus on every part of our game, particularly the defensive and work ethic aspects.

“It’s been a mixture of coming to terms with new surroundings, and the very short pre-season we had. It’s not normal. I know from being a player myself the first one or two games of pre-season you’re normally feeling your way in.

“Sharpness is not always there, and sometimes it takes players a bit of time to get up to speed for those fine margins in the game, the extra five per cent that maybe makes games more sharp in the attacking sense.

“We have to focus on what’s ahead rather than what’s gone before. We’ve had a good week but we’ve got a lot of work to do.”