Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admits he should have brought Mateo Kovacic off earlier during the Blues’ Champions League victory over Lille on Tuesday night. Kovacic was forced off six minutes into the second half with what appeared to be an injury and Tuchel now faces an anxious wait to see whether the midfielder will be fit for Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Liverpool.
“I don’t know,” Tuchel said after the game. “I should have substituted Kova at half-time so we could have saved one more change.”
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