Trio sit out Chelsea training session

Chelsea trained without David Luiz, Gary Cahill and John Obi Mikel on Thursday ahead of the final game of the season against Blackburn.

But Didier Drogba, Raul Meireles and Petr Cech all took part in the session at the Blues' Cobham headquarters after missing Tuesday's 4-1 thrashing at Liverpool. Centre-backs Luiz and Cahill are in a race against time to be fit for the Champions League final a week on Saturday having been sidelined with hamstring injuries. Sunday's game is their last chance to build up some match fitness ahead of the May 19 showdown with Bayern Munich. Mikel also missed Tuesday's game at Anfield through injury.