Chelsea lost the FA Cup final on penalties to Liverpool at Wembley, with injury fears over key players adding to the day’s misery, know the injury update of Kai Havertz
On Saturday evening, Chelsea suffered their third Wembley misery in a year when they were defeated on penalties by Liverpool in the FA Cup final. It came after loses in the 2021 FA Cup to Leicester and the Carabao Cup to Liverpool.
The three players who missed from the spot in the shootout were Mason Mount, Cesar Azpilicueta, and Sadio Mane. Jurgen Klopp’s second trophy of the season was handed to him by Kostas Tsimikas, who tucked away from the winning kick. Even though Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk were injured during the match, they still won.
Kai Havertz Injury Update, Return Date, Chelsea Injured Players List News And Report
With this setback, Thomas Tuchel now has three trophies to his name during his time at Stamford Bridge. The Blues were not spared in this game, and The SportsGrail takes a look at the latest injury news
Timo Werner
Many fans were perplexed as to why the German was not introduced during the 120-minute match.
“Timo felt injured and uncomfortable during the warm-up and indicated he couldn’t play,” Tuchel added.
What Tuchel said
Timo was injured and uncomfortable during the warm-up and said he could not play.
Expected return: Unknown
Kai Havertz
Havertz missed this week’s practice due to a hamstring ailment. There was significant controversy in the build-up about who should start between himself and Romelu Lukaku, but when he was unavailable to be seen when the starting lineups were released, it was presumed he was injured. However, it appears like he is close to returning.
Tuchel’s words:
Kai did not train yesterday due to hamstring issues and the fear of injuring himself if he did. It was impossible to wait till the last test this morning.
Return date: Leicester (H) – May 19
Thiago Silva
Silva suffered an injury with only 15 minutes remaining in the game, but he recovered to finish the game, despite not being called upon to take a penalty. He did go down with cramp again in the second half, but he battled through it.
Tuchel was evasive when asked about the Brazilian’s fitness, instead of applauding the team as a whole for playing through the pain barrier when necessary.