Carabao Cup semi-finals kick-off on Wednesday evening with Chelsea hosting Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge.
Antonio Conte returns to West London for a huge fixture in the first leg of the semi-finals amid Spurs’ sights on obtaining a top four position.
Conte will face Lukaku after managing him at Inter and could know the best way to defend against the strength of the attacker
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This will be the eighth different League Cup tie between these two sides and the fourth to take place in the semi-finals, no other teams have me in the final four more often than these two London clubs.
Chelsea have won four of their previous seven ties against Tottenham in this competition which includes two of the previous three semi-finals.
Jim White said on talkSPORT on Tuesday morning: “We have been told we can assume there has been an apology from Lukaku. As far as we know he is in contention to be in the squad for tomorrow night’s Carabao Cup game against Tottenham.”
As such he brings a big threat to the fore for the Blues while Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son remain the biggest threats for Spurs.
Lukaku managed to score two in two prior to his interview that saw him miss the last game against Liverpool.
He can’t be ruled out to score in this tie while a tough Tottenham performance is expected so they can eye a trophy this season.
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