Interview : Tuchel reveals why he didn’t start Kante ,Werner and Kai Havertz against Liverpool,here are his major reasons for them not starting .

 Thomas Tuchel revealed that Timo

 Werner ruled himself out of coming 

off the bench in Saturday's FA Cup Final

 defeat because of a hamstring complaint.




Chelsea fans were stunned that £52million


 Werner was not among the six substitutes 


used by Tuchel in an energy-sapping 120 


minutes at Wembley that ended 0-0 before


 Liverpool won 6-5 on penalties.



Another star Germany forward Kai Havertz


, who scored the winner in last season’s 


Champions League final. wasn’t even 


included in the Chelsea 18 because of another


 hamstring injury



‘Kai did not train because of hamstring


 problems and we thought he would injure


 himself,’ said Tuchel, whose side have 


now been beaten in the last three FA Cup finals.



‘We did a test on Saturday morning but 


it was not better. Then Timo felt uncomfortable


 in the warm-up and said he could not 


play. A hamstring as well. We had no options.’



In the end, Tuchel sent on midfielder 


Ruben Loftus-Cheek to play up front


 in extra-time before he was replaced 


himself 15 minutes later so Ross Barkley 


could take a penalty in the shoot out.







It was clear that we would have to suffer


 in this game,’ said Tuchel. ‘You can’t 


escape a match like this without pain.



‘Taking Ruben off was purely for penalties


. Ruben has not a good history statistically


 and Ross has.’



Chelsea won the European Super Cup 


and Club World Cup earlier in the season


 but have failed to add to silverware since


 owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned


 and the club put up for sale.



‘We have proved we can produce peak


 performances to compete with Liverpool


 in individual games. The difference is 


they can do it Saturday-Wednesday. 


They have a bigger squad.



‘Like the Carabao Cup final, I have 


no regrets. I told the team before the game


 I was proud of them.






‘We were competitive after the first 15 


minutes, excellent. In 240 minutes of 


two finals we have been zero-zero against


 the most dangerous attacking team 


in the world.



‘We are sad but at the same time 


we were proud. I was sure we would 


win right up to the last minute but unfortunately


 I was not right. That is life in sport.’



Tuchel admitted injuries had caught


 up with his team. N’golo Kante came 


off the bench having had just one training


 session at low intensity. Matteo Kovacic


 played despite being injured against


 Leeds on Wednesday.



‘I don’t know how he could fit into his 


shoe,’ added Tuchel.



‘We have everything to win trophies 


but there is a gap because Liverpool have


 built a team over many years. The 


sanctions will not make it any easier to close it.’



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