{"id":1107350,"date":"2019-09-20T14:41:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T13:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1107350"},"modified":"2022-09-20T22:45:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:45:13","slug":"frank-lampard-mason-mount-fitness-boost-chelsea-v-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/frank-lampard-mason-mount-fitness-boost-chelsea-v-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lampard gives Mason Mount fitness boost ahead of Chelsea v Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Frank Lampard has confirmed Mason Mount is in contention for Chelsea&#8217;s clash against Liverpool on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mount was withdrawn from the Blues&#8217; 1-0 Champions League defeat to Valencia in midweek after turning his right ankle and was considered a major doubt for this weekend&#8217;s Premier League fixture.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chelsea team news v Liverpool: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mount picked up an ankle injury during Chelsea&#8217;s 1-0 defeat to Valencia.<\/li>\n<li>However, Lampard has revealed the midfielder &#8220;has a chance&#8221; of playing on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>He also revealed the only doubt surrounding N&#8217;Golo Kante is a lack of match fitness.<\/li>\n<li>But Chelsea will be without Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Marco van Ginkel.<\/li>\n<li>All 11 of Chelsea&#8217;s EPL goals this season have been scored by Englishmen, with Mount grabbing three.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7373702-tammy-abraham-can-equal-a-unique-luis-suarez-feat-vs-liverpool<\/p>\n<p>However, Lampard has now cooled fears over Mount&#8217;s fitness and revealed the midfielder \u2013 who has already scored three goals in five Premier League games this season \u2013 has a &#8220;chance&#8221; of playing against Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c-message__body\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"message-text\">&#8220;He has got a chance (of facing Liverpool), we saw the image of the tackle afterwards and it made it look really bad,&#8221; Lampard told reporters at his pre-match press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1101983\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/predictions\/premier-league-predictions-2019-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1101983\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1101983\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/16103715\/PREMIER-LEAGUE-PREDICITIONS-1.jpg\" alt=\"Premier League predictions for all 10 games this week.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/16103715\/PREMIER-LEAGUE-PREDICITIONS-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/16103715\/PREMIER-LEAGUE-PREDICITIONS-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/16103715\/PREMIER-LEAGUE-PREDICITIONS-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/16103715\/PREMIER-LEAGUE-PREDICITIONS-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/16103715\/PREMIER-LEAGUE-PREDICITIONS-1-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/16103715\/PREMIER-LEAGUE-PREDICITIONS-1-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/16103715\/PREMIER-LEAGUE-PREDICITIONS-1-940x530.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1101983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/predictions\/premier-league-predictions-2019-20\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League predictions for all 10 matches in GW six: Can Chelsea end Liverpool\u2019s perfect start?<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"c-message__body\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"message-text\">&#8220;We are trying to get him moving today. It is one I have to call later on.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have made an inconsistent start to the new Premier League season under Lampard, taking eight points from five games so far.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lampard hoping for Kante &#8220;boost&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Another midfielder Lampard is hoping will be fit to face the Premier League leaders on Sunday is N&#8217;Golo Kante, who has been out of action since Chelsea&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Leicester last month.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Kante has struggled for fitness generally since the end of last season, but Lampard says the only thing stopping him from playing at this point is a doubt over his match fitness.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chelsea Must Play Frank Lampard&#039;s Back Three w\/Rory Jennings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJVdL5KI2qc?start=22&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message__content c-message__content--feature_sonic_inputs\" data-qa=\"message_content\"><span class=\"c-message__body\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"message-text\">Lampard said: \u201cIt\u2019s a boost with N\u2019Golo. We all know the importance of him for the team with the attributes that he brings. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"message_content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-message__content c-message__content--feature_sonic_inputs\" data-qa=\"message_content\"><span class=\"c-message__body\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\u201cThe only question for me is how fit he is because he\u2019s had a long time out now since the back end of last season.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"message_content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-message__content c-message__content--feature_sonic_inputs\" data-qa=\"message_content\"><span class=\"c-message__body\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\u201cI know he played a couple of games this year but I didn\u2019t count them as such because he missed the pre-season and what he did in Istanbul was miraculous as opposed to the norm, to play how he did without training.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Lampard has confirmed Mason Mount is in contention for Chelsea&#8217;s clash against Liverpool on Sunday. Mount was withdrawn from the Blues&#8217; 1-0 Champions League defeat to Valencia in midweek after turning his right ankle and was considered a major doubt for this weekend&#8217;s Premier League fixture. 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