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Tuchel confirms two out injured, but won't rest players against Arsenal

11 May 2021


Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that Wednesday's home game against Arsenal
arrives too soon for Mateo Kovacic or Andreas Christensen to return from
injury.


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The Croatian midfielder hasn't featured for the last month, since picking
up an injury in the build-up to the second leg of our Champions League
quarter-final win over Porto.


Our head coach had been hoping Kovacic would be able to return for
tomorrow's Premier League fixture, but revealed that comeback has now been
pushed back, with the player eager to be involved in this weekend's FA Cup
final.


'He is not ready for tomorrow, we have to postpone it to Wembley. His
personal race is on to make it to the squad for Wembley,' said Tuchel, who
also discussed what we miss without Kovacic, and how his understudy has
filled in.


https://i.imgur.com/AmMmqtE.jpg
Tomorrow's game comes to soon for Kovacic to return


'Billy Gilmour had to step up now because we miss Kova so much and we play
normally always with a double-six, so we were rotating constantly between
N'Golo, Jorgi and Kova. Once we miss Kova now for so many games, so many
weeks, it was on Billy to step up and I was very happy that he could
deliver when it was needed.


'So full credit for that, but Kova is a big loss with his ability to drive
with the ball, his speed on the ball, without the ball. Kova is such a
positive character and unique player, a real fighter on who you can always
rely in games and training.


https://i.imgur.com/JBr9qCG.jpg


'We really miss him, he is a good match with Jorgi and N'Golo in all
combinations. So it's a big miss and I can't wait until he's back in full
team training. He's taken some steps in the right direction and I hope he
can rejoin team training after our game with Arsenal.'


However, there was good news on Christensen, after the defender limped off
during our win over Manchester City at the weekend, with Tuchel relieved
the Danish international's injury wasn't as serious as he first thought,
admitting he was worried the defender's season could be over.


'It was much better than we feared. We hope that he can come back in one
of the two Leicester games. It will also be a tough one, but the season's
not finished for him hopefully. We have realistic hopes that he can make
his comeback, at the latest, against Aston Villa.


'Andreas was crucial in the matches when he played. We missed him for a
few games around the Porto game because of hamstring problems and now he
has a tendon problem. He is crucial in the back three, he gives us a lot
of options because he can play all three positions and he's very calm, but
don't misjudge him for being calm, he is a very tough one to play against.


https://i.imgur.com/K5yfUwq.jpg
Christensen was injured in our last match against Man City


'He uses his body very well, he is very strong in individual duels, he is
good on the ball. The role in the back three suits him very well and I was
very impressed by his performances. Now we got a big relief yesterday when
the images were given and were not what we expected in the worst case. So
we have realistic hopes that his season is not finished.'


The German manager also dismissed suggestions he might already have one
eye on Saturday's FA Cup final ahead of our Premier League meeting with
Arsenal, and rest players against the Gunners as a result.


'We just have an eye on the players' workload and on the statistics that
we have, who is maybe overloaded on high speed and from that we will
decide who is at risk of injury. Everyone who is not at risk of injury
will be available for the game.


'It's not the time to manage the game on Saturday now. Now is the time to
manage the game on Wednesday. We're in the middle of a race for the top
four and cannot judge games.'

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