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Didier Drogba will be absent when Chelsea take on Manchester United tonight
Didier Drogba will be absent when Chelsea take on Manchester United tonight

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Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is likely to be without Didier Drogba and Arjen Robben for the home clash with Manchester United.

Both players missed the 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Sunday through injury and are expected to miss out again.

Michael Ballack (ankle) and Andriy Shevchenko (hernia) are also out, as is Ricardo Carvalho (knee).

Young strikers Scott Sinclair and Ben Sahar are added to the squad for the visit of the newly-crowned champions.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is expected to make a host of changes for trip to Stamford Bridge.

What has for months been billed as a Barclays Premiership title decider has now turned into a dead rubber, with United officially crowned champions after Chelsea's draw at Arsenal at the weekend.

So Ferguson will now take a number of senior members, almost certainly including Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, out of the firing line to ensure they remain fresh to face the Stamford Bridge outfit in the FA Cup Final on 19 May.

Chelsea squad: Cech, Cudicini, Hilario, Ferreira, Geremi, Terry, Boulahrouz, A Cole, Bridge, Essien, Lampard, Makelele, Diarra, Obi, Sinclair, Sahar, Kalou, Wright-Phillips, J Cole.

Manchester United squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Heaton, Brown, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Heinze, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Eagles, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Smith, Solskjaer, Dong, Saha, Lee, Shawcross.

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