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Thomas Tuchel will be without a number of players when his Chelsea side face Real Madrid on Tuesday night. The German coach will be looking for a response to their first leg defeat at Stamford Bridge, with a place in the final four of the Champions League up for grabs.

It will require a two-goal overhaul though as the first match ended 3-1 to Los Blancos, with Karim Benzema’s hat-trick the key difference. Kai Havertz ’s strike will have given the side some hope of pulling off one of the great comebacks though.

Discussing the potential of overturning the result, Tuchel has claimed his side need a "fantastic" script going into it. He said: "We need nothing else than a fantastic script if we want to be able to overcome this. The task is incredibly high and the challenge is incredibly high given the circumstances of the first leg and where we play, against who we play, and the stage we play this kind of match."

The head coach will be relying on his men to turn up for the game, but he will be without some key players in the Spanish capital. With that said, has taken a look at the latest injury concerns for the Blues.

Romelu Lukaku picked up a slight knock in his achilles when he came from