Chelsea are preparing for an FA Cup
semi-final with Manchester City as they look to build on their Champions League
quarter-final win over Porto with a spot in the final
Chelsea are back in action on Saturday when they take on
Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals.
The Blues are fresh off booking their place in another semi-final,
progressing through to the penultimate stage of the Champions League after
defeating FC Porto 2-1 on aggregate.
Thomas Tuchel’s men will now look to book their place in the final
of the FA Cup, but a very impressive Manchester City stand in their way.
And the Blues won’t be helped by a couple of injury concerns,
though they will be pleased to have come through the Champions League tie with
Porto with no fresh injury blows.
Here’s the latest as we await an update from
Tuchel ahead of the Man City clash.
Andreas Christensen
Andreas Christensen missed the Premier League clash with Crystal
Palace due to a knock and could not return in time to face Porto earlier this
week.
Tuchel said ahead of the game: “The
same with Andreas Christensen, we did not manage to make him fully fit after
his muscle injury from the first leg.”
He was named as a substitute, likely for emergency cover,
but did not feature.
Nevertheless, the fact that he was deemed fit enough to be
on the bench suggests he will return here.
Mateo Kovacic
Kovacic was another player who missed the Porto clash, missing out
with a late injury.
“Yeah, we had an injury yesterday which was very sad yesterday in
training, so Kova is out,” Tuchel told BT Sport before the game.
It doesn’t sound as though that injury is serious enough to
keep him out this weekend, but we will know more when Tuchel provides the
latest on Friday afternoon.
N’Golo Kante
There were question marks over whether Kante would return to full
fitness ahead of the clash with Porto, but Tuchel was given little option after
Kovacic pulled out with injury.
Kante went on to play a full 90 minutes, adding to his substitute
appearance against Crystal Palace, so he will be fit to play Manchester City
this weekend.
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