Thomas Tuchel has made five changes to his Chelsea side for this afternoon's FA Cup quarter-final against Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium.
Following prolonged negotiations with the UK government, the Blues were able to travel up to Teeside by plane and stay over in a hotel ahead of the match. There was no five-hour coach journey.
That should give the Blues every chance of progressing to the semi-finals for the third consecutive campaign, although Middlesbrough will not prove easy opposition having already knocked Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur out of this season's competition.
