Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has admitted he should have done things differently after two of his players suffered injuries with a cup final clash against Liverpool looming.
The Reds take on Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday at Wembley Stadium, looking to win the competition for the first time since 2012.
Jurgen Klopp will hope to have Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota for the final, with the pair suffering from injuries.
Chelsea will be sweating over the fitness of two of their players following their win over Lille in the Champions League.
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Both Mateo Kovacic and Hakim Ziyech appeared to suffer injuries in the early minutes of the second half and were forced to be substituted.
Video footage shown by BT Sport showed Kovacic in the tunnel shortly after he was substituted, where he struggled to walk - with physios alongside him appearing to hold a bag of ice.
A few minutes later, Chelsea were dealt another injury blow when Hakim Ziyech went down with an ankle problem
Speaking after the match, Tuchel admits he does not know the extent of the injuries of the pair at the moment in time.
However, the Chelsea boss did say he’s hopeful both Kovacic and Ziyech will be fit to face Liverpool at Wembley at the weekend.
“I don’t know,” Tuchel told BT Sport, when asked if the injuries to Kovacic and Ziyech were serious.
“I should have substituted Kovacic earlier at half time so we could have saved one more change.
“I didn’t see Hakim’s injury, I didn’t speak to the doctor yet but I hope it’s not too much.
“It’s a little bit of a story of the season, almost every game or every second game we make a substitute just because of injuries and not tactical reasons.
Tuchel added: “Today is Tuesday so Sunday is good, so there are a lot of days for us to recover. We will take care of that to be ready on Sunday.
“In general, we don’t like to have too many injuries. We would like to have more impact from the bench in a tactical matter, but it is what it is.
“Let’s see, I hope the guys will be ready for Sunday.”
