Claudio Ranieri revealed "I think he will be there for the match at Liverpool; he could be ready but he is not flying out with us for this match.

"Emmanuel Petit is travelling with us but he is not yet in a good condition. He played for 20 minutes against Watford and is slowly getting better.''

Bolo Zenden, Mario Stanic and Celestine Babayaro also miss out: "They have little injuries and will continue to work with our assistant fitness coach Ade Mafe at Harlington (Chelsea's training ground)."

So, the current squad in Slovakia is: Cudicini, Ambrosio, Melchiot, Johnsen, Terry, Desailly, Huth, Bridge, Geremi, Gronkjaer, Lampard, Petit, Veron, J.Cole, Duff, Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen, Forssell and C.Cole.

My prediction for the starting lineup is:

GK- Carlo Cudicini
RB- Mario Melchiot
CB- John Terry
CB- Marcel Desailly (c)
LB- Wayne Bridge
RW- Geremi
CM- Frank Lampard
CM- Seba Veron
LW- Damien Duff
FW- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
FW- Eidur Gudjohnsen