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Adam Newson

Mason Mount earns Frank Lampard approval as Chelsea stars hand FA Cup problem for Thomas Tuchel

Good problems to solve for Tuchel

Ahead of the trip to Elland Road, Thomas Tuchel said he would not have half an eye on Chelsea's FA Cup final against Liverpool on Saturday. Yet given the team the German selected, perhaps that wasn't entirely true. There was no Thiago Silva. N'Golo Kante wasn't risked either. While Timo Werner and Kai Havertz were only among the substitutes.

Everyone one of those decisions paid off. Tuchel's defence, which consisted of Trevoh Chalobah, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger, kept a clean sheet. Jorginho, who was brought back in having recovered from injury, looked sharper than in recent outings. Meanwhile, the front three of Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Romelu Lukaku all got on the scoresheet.

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