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title: "David Luiz to miss West Ham clash"
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author: "Jack Riley"
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published: "2017-12-08T13:16:19Z"
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# David Luiz to miss West Ham clash

David Luiz will miss the lunchtime early kick-off at the London Stadium against West Ham, as he is recovering from a recurring knee injury, as reported by the [Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-star-david-luiz-training-alone-and-will-miss-west-ham-clash-a3713771.html).

The Brazilian centre-back has been out of action for the past two weeks, missing the two matches at Stamford Bridge against Newcastle United and Atletico Madrid.

![Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/884409304.jpg)

Luiz has not featured since the 4-0 win in Qarabag in the Champions League and hasn’t played a match in the Premier League since the 1-0 win at the Vitality Stadium against Bournemouth in October.

It has been reported that the 30-year-old has an uneasy relationship with Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte, despite the Italian manager dismissing speculation of a fall out between the pair, and the [Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-star-david-luiz-training-alone-and-will-miss-west-ham-clash-a3713771.html) quoting an angry Conte:

> If you don’t trust what I say, it’s your problem.

Luiz has not trained with the first-team squad and is doing individual sessions in the gym to help recover from this knee injury.

Chelsea can go level on points with Manchester United with a win against West Ham, albeit with a minor goal difference to the Red Devils, who face Manchester City on Sunday.