Lampard's prolonged lay-off causes concern at Chelsea
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Lampard is going through the longest injury lay-off of his career, having missed 12 Chelsea games since undergoing surgery on a hernia in August. He has been training alone, and is yet to kick a ball with the rest of the team despite the initial diagnosis not being too serious.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said: "We've taken time to put him 100 per cent fit, it was not an easy problem, this is the only reason. We don't want to take a risk."
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