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Enzo Maresca provided an update on Liam Delap ahead of Chelsea's clash against Wolves in the Carabao Cup fourth round. The Blues will be determined to return to winning ways when they take on Vitor Pereira's side at Molineux on Wednesday night.
Chemsdine Talbi fired Sunderland to victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon, finding the net in the dying embers of stoppage time. Chelsea had won each of their previous four games before locking horns with the Black Cats, so they'll be keen to get back on track.
Speaking to reporters at Cobham on Tuesday morning, Maresca provided an update on Delap, who's recently returned to training. The Blues boss said: "He took part of a complete session yesterday and he is available for tomorrow. 90 minutes, no, he's been out two months so he needs to be gradually back to 100 per cent."
Delap suffered a hamstring injury during Chelsea's 2-0 win over Fulham back in September. Fortunately, the 22-year-old striker didn't require surgery, and he returned to first-team training at Cobham last week.
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On whether he could make wholesale changes to the starting lineup, Maresca noted his squad's injury crisis. The Italian added: "The reason why is we need to rotate, we need to protect players.
"If we go with the same XI, we will struggle through the season. We are probably going to make some changes, I don't know how many, but we will make changes. I don't know if it's going to be nine or 10 like with Forest and Ajax, but for sure we will need to make some."
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