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Chelsea could drop striker Nicolas Anelka back to the bench for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Barcelona on Wednesday.
Michael Ballack will return after being rested and Ashley Cole is back after being banned for the 0-0 first leg tie.
Barcelona's Thierry Henry sat out a training session on Monday with a knee problem and he is a doubt to recover in time to play at Stamford Bridge.
Barca are without the suspended Carles Puyol and the injured Rafael Marquez.
Uruguayan Martin Caceres could partner former Manchester United youngster Gerard Pique at the heart of Barca's defence.
Coach Pep Guardiola's other options include playing left-back Eric Abidal or midfielder Yaya Toure at the back.
Chelsea are set to revert back to their favoured 4-3-3 formation after experimenting with 4-4-2 in the 3-1 home win over Fulham on Saturday.
The Blues are still without Portuguese duo Deco and Ricardo Carvalho, as they are both struggling with hamstring problems.
Alex tweaked a groin against Fulham on Saturday but he will recover in time to play, though Joe Cole and Paolo Ferreira will both miss the rest of the season.
An Arsenal fan hung himself following his team's 4-1 aggregate drubbing by arch-rivals Manchester United in the Champions League semi-final, police said.
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Arsenal lost 3-1 to United in the second leg of their semi-final tie.
Suleiman Alphonso Omondi, a 29-year-old Kenyan living in the capital Nairobi's Embakasi neighbourhood, hanged himself in his Arsenal shirt after the match.
"We were watching the match at Bamba 70 pub, and when Arsenal was defeated, Suleiman just walked out in protest and he was crying," Calvin Otieno, one of his friends, said.
"We didn't know he was going to hang himself until this morning when we received the reports and came here to find his body at the balcony," Otieno said outside the deceased's home.
Arsenal slumped to a 3-1 defeat at home in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, capping a disappointing season for the Gunners who were already out of the Premier League title race early in the season.
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