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Lampard Allays Fears Over Rudiger Injury

Lampard Allays Fears Over Rudiger Injury

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has eased concerns among the club’s fans about the groin injury that forced Antonio Rudiger off at half-time against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Saturday.

Rudiger, who had not played a competitive game for Chelsea since hurting his knee against Manchester United in April, was making his first start of the season for the Blues.

The 26-year-old’s afternoon was however prematurely curtailed when he suffered what appeared to be a groin injury and had to be replaced by Kurt Zouma at half-time.

Chelsea were 3-0 up by the time Rudiger departed but the visitors conceded two goals after half-time to take their number of goals conceded to eleven in just five games.

After the game, Lampard revealed Rudiger’s substitution was merely a precaution and was hopeful of the former AS Roma defender being ready for Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League opener against Valencia at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.

"He's had a groin issue which he bothered as he came off the pitch near me - he slipped onto the metal which made him have to slide and adjust himself so he bothered his groin," Lampard explained in his post-match news conference.

"He ran off the pitch and unfortunately he bothered it then. It's a quick turnaround but hopefully [he can play Valencia]. Hopefully not too bad.

"It's more of a precaution because he did feel some pain, so we'll assess it over the next couple of days."

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