For Stoke,
Blues loanee Kurt Zouma was ineligible to play against his parent club while Stoke were also without Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Erik Pieters and former Chelsea defender Glen Johnson.
Another Blues loanee, Tammy Abraham, has also been handed his England debut tonight after impressing on loan at Swansea City this season.
Not exact matches
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Whilst heaping praise on
Blues legend Lampard for his goals record, the Crystal Palace
loanee went for Gerrard instead because of his leadership qualities.
The
Blues are worried about the form of Diego Costa and Loic Remy and with
loanee...