Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has named his provisional squad for the crucial league game at the home of newly promoted team Norwich City.

Lampard and his Chelsea players have not won a game this season and they have the chance to right that wrong when they visit Carrow Road for Saturday lunchtime kickoff.

French midfielder N’Golo Kante is nursing an ankle injury at the moment and he’s rated as doubtful for the game.

Kante makes the provisional squad alongside Pedro Rodriguez who missed training at the start of the week.

According to Frank Lampard, Pedro Rodriguez missed training as he was rested.

Since his appointment as the new Chelsea manager this summer, fans’ favourite Lampard has not won a competitive game.

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The Norwich City clash is the fourth game for Frank Lampard as the Chelsea boss.

Chelsea suffered a 4-0 defeat away to Manchester United in his first game in the league before the 1-1 draw at home to Leicester City last weekend.

The 5-4 penalty loss to Liverpool in the UEFA Super Cup was sandwiched in between the two aforementioned league games.

Liverpool and Chelsea shared four goals at the end of extra time thus paving way for the dreaded penalty shootout.

Chelsea’s Provisional Squad: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Willy Caballero, Cesar Azpilicueta, Fikayo Tomori, Andreas Christensen, Kurt Zouma, Marcos Alonso, Emerson Palmieri, Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Ross Barkley, Mateo Kovacic, Mason Mount, Kenedy, Pedro Rodriguez, Willian, Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud, Tammy Abraham, Michy Batshuayi.

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard was full of praise for young striker Tammy Abraham during his pre-match press conference on Friday ahead of the must-win league game with Norwich City.

Lampard takes his Chelsea team to face the newly promoted club at Carrow Road in what’s the first of Saturday’s Premier League matches.

Frank Lampard praised Tammy Abraham for his attitude before pointing out how he has been unlucky in front of goal at the start of the season.

Tammy Abraham fights for the lone striker role at Chelsea with more experienced players like French World Cup winner Olivier Giroud and Belgian international Michy Batshuayi.

The Nigerian-born England international striker spent last season on loan at Aston Villa whom he helped to gain promotion into the top flight of English football.

Tammy Abraham scored 26 goals as Aston Villa sealed a return to the Premier League via the playoffs.

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He came close to scoring for Chelsea in the first league game at Manchester United after he hit the post.

Things would have been different if his strike had gone in as his Chelsea side were thrashed 4-0 by Manchester United.

Tammy Abraham won a penalty for Chelsea in added time of the UEFA Super Cup game with Liverpool.

Jorginho scored that penalty to make the scoreline 2-2 and take the game into penalties.

Tammy Abraham was the only player to miss his spot kick as Liverpool triumphed 5-4 on penalties.

He was also involved in the Blues’ third game of the season, a 1-1 draw at home to Leicester City in the Premier League.

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has ruled out two of his players from the Norwich City game.

Lampard and his Chelsea players travel to the newly promoted team in what’s the second game of week three Premier League matches.

Ahead of the game, Lampard told the club’s official website that both Antonio Rudiger and Callum Hudson-Odoi won’t feature against Norwich City.

Antonio Rudiger is not match-fit as he recovers from the serious knee injury sustained at the end of last season.

The German international centre back got injured during the Premier League game at Chelsea towards the end of the last campaign.

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For Callum Hudson-Odoi, the young Chelsea winger is back in training having fully recovered from the serious Achilles injury that ended his season in the last campaign.

Frank Lampard and Chelsea are not willing to throw him into the fray yet.

According to the new Chelsea boss, the England international will be in the Chelsea squad after the upcoming international break.

Antonio Rudiger and Callum Hudson-Odoi will go a long way to improve the squad especially after the average start to the season.

Chelsea are yet to taste victory after three games in the new season and the Norwich City game represents the perfect opportunity to get a first win under the new managerial era of Frank Lampard.

New Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has concluded plans to give injured midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek a new role when he makes his return from injury according to the UK Sun.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek is presently on his way back to full fitness after sustaining an Achilles injury during a club friendly with the New England Revolution in May.

The 23-year-old is not expected to return to full fitness until November as a result of the Achilles injury.

When he returns, Frank Lampard wants to push him further forward in midfield to complement his qualities more.

For the here and now, Frank Lampard is still looking for his first win as a Chelsea manager and he has the opportunity to achieve this at Norwich City on Saturday afternoon.

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Lampard and his Chelsea players will face hosts and newly promoted team Norwich City in the early kickoff on Saturday.

Chelsea have played three games this season without a win.

The Blues started the new league season with the 4-0 loss to top four rivals Manchester United away from home.

Chelsea went on to lose the UEFA Super Cup to Premier League rivals Liverpool on penalties after the two clubs shared four goals at the end of 120 minutes.

Chelsea and Leicester City played a 1-1 draw last weekend in the Blues’ third match of the season.

Chelsea legend Craig Burley has picked his penalty taker between two Manchester United players.

The ex-Chelsea player talked about Manchester United and their penalty takers while he was doing his punditry work on popular media channel ESPN.

Manchester United and their penalty takers Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba are in the spotlight after the stop kick miss from Monday night.

Pogba missed a second half penalty for Manchester United in their last league game at Wolves and it proved to be a crucial one for his team at the end of the game.

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Many fans and pundits believe that Marcus Rashford should have taken the penalty rather than Paul Pogba having been successful on Matchday 1 during the 4-0 home win over Chelsea.

On the issue of the penalty taker for Manchester United, Craig Burley said Marcus Rashford should be the designated penalty taker for the Red Devils ahead of Paul Pogba.

Manchester United were given a spot kick in the second half of the Wolves game after Pogba was brought down by Conor Coady, the Wolves skipper.

His penalty was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio as the two teams played out a 1-1 draw to end the perfect record for Manchester United at the start of the new league season.