Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard has heaped praises on Callum Hudson Odoi for his response after he was dropped ahead of Tottenham Hotspurs game on Sunday.
The 19-year-old who has been on a fine for the London club was dropped Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic made it into the squad.
Lampard has a fully-fit squad for the Champions League trip to Sevilla on Wednesday, and the Chelsea boss confirmed Hudson-Odoi would get some minutes after impressing in training.
Asked about his decision to leave Hudson-Odoi out at Spurs, Lampard said: "It was difficult. I've been really pleased with his training lately. I've spoken about Callum at different times since I've been in the job. His training and attitude is bang on at the minute.
"I have tough decisions when we have a fully fit squad, that we pretty much do now, to leave players out that work hard through the week and are desperate to play for the club.
"I have to make that decision, so I did speak to him personally because I wanted him to understand where he was at, he is getting better for me and there will be times where other players have to sit out and that conversation will be with other players. He's back in contention for tomorrow and I want to see more of the same. I want him to stay positive, which is part of my job as well.
"In terms of the squad I have to leave four or five players out per game," Lampard said. "He took it very well. It's not an easy conversation, all players want to play and I expect that.
"He'll get minutes tomorrow, it's up to him to then keep showing when he plays that he deserves to start because there's competition in that area. That's the reality of playing for Chelsea, so I'm not worried about the noise around it or the permutations of what not being in the squad might mean down the line.
"I'm just worried about picking the right squad. If I feel like I'm taking someone out of the squad when I think they deserve to be in it, I have to be straight and honest with them and work with them to keep them positive. Hopefully, with Callum, we've got that, his reaction was great, in training today he was great."
Chelsea currently occupy the 3rd position on the Premier League log.