Mateo Kovacic

Champions League: Mateo Kovacic tests positive for COVID-19 in 'huge setback' for Chelsea

The 27-year-old has been out of action since late October and manager Thomas Tuchel had hoped to ease him back into action this week

Premier League: Romelu Lukaku scores twice as Chelsea beat Aston Villa to stay unbeaten

The 28-year-old had never netted in front of Chelsea's home fans before, but he ended that drought in the first half to the delight of the 40,000 capacity crowd.

FA Cup: Chelsea hoping to use 'anger' of Arsenal defeat as motivation for final, says Thomas Tuchel

The Blues boss admitted preparations for the match against Leicester at Wembley would be made easier by his team's frustrations following Wednesday's 1-0 defeat.

Premier League: Thomas Tuchel hails 'key factor' Cesar Azpilicueta as Chelsea face Manchester City in bid for top four

Premier League: After verbal confrontation with Liverpool bench, Frank Lampard tells Champions not to get too arrogant

Lampard was involved in an exchange with Liverpool’s bench after a free kick was awarded against Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic.

Premier League: Duncan Ferguson makes instant impact as Everton beat Chelsea to move out of relegation zone

Two goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin after Richarlison’s early opener justified Ferguson decision to shake up the side with an aggressive 4-4-2 formation as the former Everton striker replaced the sacked Marco Silva in the dugout

Champions League: Chelsea's Tammy Abraham plays down hip injury scare, says 'it's much better than when it happened'

'At the time I was fearful of the worst obviously, but I got in and was able to walk again, move about,' Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham plays down hip injury fears.

Champions League: Chelsea, Liverpool held to draws by Valencia, Napoli; Lionel Messi powers Barcelona to last 16

Chelsea held to 2-2 draw by Valencia and are yet to seal their berth in the final 16 while Barcelona finished at the top of their group to progress in the knockout stages of the game. Defending champions Liverpool will require hard work to make it into the next round of Champions League.

Premier League: N'Golo Kante in line to return from injury lay-off, confirms Chelsea manager Frank Lampard

League Cup fourth round defeat by Manchester United ended Chelsea's seven match winning streak and Lampard suggested that the setback was due to a shortage of midfield options.

Chelsea show glimpses of promising future under Frank Lampard after spirited display against Liverpool in UEFA Super Cup

The aggressive pressing and the numbers forward when in attack left the defense vulnerable and exposed, but Chelsea’s future, if complicated, shouldn’t be unmanageable.