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Conte: Morata out but Drinkwater returns news Mon 11 Dec 2017 Alvaro Morata is not available for the game at Huddersfield Town and David Luiz remains out injured, Antonio Conte has reported. The boss will have to find a different solution up front for our first Premier League meeting with the Terriers, though he has been boosted by the return to fitness of Danny Drinkwater , who missed the West Ham game though illness. ‘ Drinkwater started to train on Sunday after his fever,’ Conte revealed. ‘He’s come with us, but for sure after three or four days with a fever, his physical condition is not at the top level. ‘ David Luiz is continuing to recover from his knee problem. And Morata is out. He is a bit tired and he has a problem in...

PMB: Huddersfield v Chelsea - talking points and numbers news Tue 12 Dec 2017 The second of three games against the promoted sides in December is a Premier League first for the Blues. Club historian Rick Glanvill and club statistician Paul Dutton have the details... TALKING POINTS Tonight the Blues are aiming to take a fourth successive league win at Huddersfield away from a midweek fixture squeezed in to accommodate World Cup preparations. The last time Chelsea visited the Colne Valley for the purpose of a top-flight league game, Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Move On Up’ and ‘Let Your Yeah Be Yeah’ by the Pioneers were drawing people onto dancefloors, Saturday night television was dominated by Westerns and a wheelchair-using detective called Ironside, and sitcom spin-off ‘On The Buses’ was the surprise sm...