DRINK 'N' DRIVER Alvaro Morata heads into Chelsea training ground for treatment while Danny Drinkwater steps up his recovery from injury

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ALVARO MORATA was spotted heading into Chelsea's training ground as he closes on a return from injury.

And while the Spanish striker was on the treatment table, Danny Drinkwater was snapped stepping up his recovery at Cobham

Blues face beleaguered Crystal Palace this weekend with Antonio Conte poised to hand starts to youngsters Ethan Ampadu and Kyle Scott.

N'Golo Kante and fellow ex-Leicester ace Drinkwater could be missing from Blues' engine room for the next three weeks.

Although Drinkwater, who joined for £35million, looked to be in good shape as he put in the work to recover from a calf problem that has delayed his Blues bow.

The title-winning midfielder appeared to be training alone as he went through running exercises at Blues' training HQ.

Conte is hopeful that Morata will shake off a hamstring problem be fit enough to face Roma in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The Blues boss said: "Morata, I hope to have him back very soon, I hope for the next game against Roma.

"Drinkwater is progressing well but is not ready yet, we must have patience with him and his calf problem.

"And the last one is Kante – we are going to do a scan next week to check his his situation to see if he is improving.