Lampard out of England clash

Frank Lampard was today ruled out of England's Euro 2012 qualifier with Montenegro as Fabio Capello suffered another injury blow.

Capello is already without Jermain Defoe, Theo Walcott, Michael Dawson, Kieran Gibbs, Bobby Zamora and Michael Carrick, while James Milner is suspended for the October 12 clash.

And today Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Lampard will be out of tomorrow's Champions League game with Marseilles, Sunday's showdown with Arsenal and will not be available for England.

Lampard has been out for a month after hernia surgery and Ancelotti said: "Frank can't play tomorrow.

"We need to have more time than expected for his rest, just this. In a few days there will be the international break and he will be ready for the game after the international  break.

"I think that means he is out of the international. He didn't play with us so I think he's not able to play for the international team."

Ancelotti's options are even more limited for tomorrow night, with Didier Drogba completing his suspension for the red card he picked up against Inter Milan last term.

Nicolas Anelka will move to a central role with Ancelotti choosing between Daniel Sturridge and Gael Kakuta on the right but the Blues boss insisted he had faith in Brazlian midfielder Ramires despite his part in Carlos Tevez's goal for Manchester City on Sunday.

That Tevez strike saw Chelsea's 100 per cent start to the season coming to a shuddering end but Ancelotti insisted: "I saw the data of the last game. Physically we lost a lot of tackles and Ramires was our best player in winning tackles.

"He is ready. Physically he is not so big but he has a lot of power inside. The most important thing is to have power in your heart.

"I don't need to ask the players to have a reaction. They have to play their football, to pay attention because Marseilles need points after they lost at home to Moscow in their first game.

"So I don't need to see a reaction. I think they will play a very good game because it's an important game for us to arrive first in the group. Just for this."

Midfielder John Obi Mikel added: "We knew we would lose a game and it is not the end of the season.

"You have hard times in every season and this is one of them but we have to keep our heads up. We must try to bounce back, play well and focus on doing things right that didn't do at City."