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Chelsea take on Derby County at Pride Park on Sunday afternoon in the third round of the FA Cup.

Ahead of the game, Jose Mourinho has been speaking at his press conference and gave reporters the latest team and injury news.

The Blues boss told ChelseaFC.com that he will take the competition seriously and play his strongest team in order to avoid an upset or having to play a replay. Mourinho did confirm that Mark Schwarzer will replace Petr Cech in goal and face his former club, but otherwise he will pick his first team.

Mourinho: 'We are not going to give a break to some players because we want to win the game, and we don't want to play a second game.' #CFC

— Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) January 3, 2014

Mourinho: 'We go to win with our best team and we can feel it. If we think Petr needs a rest, for Mark to play is not a problem.' #CFC

— Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) January 3, 2014

Ryan Bertrand is also fit and available having returned from a knee injury and the defender was close to being named on the bench against Southampton on New Year’s Day.

Brazilian David Luiz is also available again having served a one-game ban at St Mary’s and could return to the starting eleven this weekend.

However, midfielder Frank Lampard remains out with a muscle injury and he’s joined on the sidelines by Branislav Ivanovic, who misses out with a knee injury that’s likely to keep him on the treatment table until the end of the month.

Mourinho will therefore pick his eleven from the following squad:

Cech, Cole, Luiz, Essien, Ramires, Torres, Mata, Oscar, Mikel, Schurrle, De Bruyne, Hazard, Ba, Willian, Schwarzer, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Eto’o, Blackman, Bertrand.

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