Liverpool‘s midfield were dominated by Real Madrid‘s in the last round. Chelsea cannot allow that to happen to them.

N’Golo Kante has trained ahead of this first leg and that could be huge.

Two years ago, when Chelsea beat Real in the semi-finals, Kante was man of the match in both legs, and again in the final against Manchester City.

Real are blessed with fine midfield options — Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni.

Kante will be itching to nip at their heels. It may be a gamble to start him after his injury but he is the supreme ball-winner to thwart Modric and Co.

Chelsea need to start scoring if they’re to stand any chance of an upset.

Frank Lampard picked Kai Havertz, Joao Felix and Raheem Sterling up front against Wolves.

Yet he removed all three after the hour mark, replacing them with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Christian Pulisic and Mykhailo Mudryk.

Even then, Lampard’s tried and trusted 4-3-3 barely laid a glove on Wolves.

It’s a shame Aubameyang was omitted from Chelsea’s European squad as he could be the proven scorer they need.

SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk