The Blues remain in third place after Leicester lost 4-1 at Bournemouth also Manchester United was hold held on Monday night by Southampton after the two side share the points as they play 2-2 at the end.
However, Chelsea have the chance to secured there top 4 face tonight by beating Norwich city. Meanwhile, Norwich were relegated at the weekend but Lampard said: “We have to treat them with utmost respect.
“Wounded animal or whatever you want to call it, but they have quality players who have played very well in a lot of games this season where they can count themselves unfortunate not to get results. We will expecting a very tough game.”
In other news, Kante has missed Chelsea’s last two games and he has been ruled out of Tuesday’s home game. “He is not fit for Norwich,” said Lampard. “But he has a chance for the semi-final.”
Without Kante, Chelsea’s hopes of securing Champions League qualification suffered a blow when they lost 3-0 at Sheffield United on Saturday. Below is the predicted lineup Chelsea might use tonight.
Chelsea (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Zouma, Alonso; Kovacic, Jorginho, Mount; Willian, Giroud, Pulisic