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Chelsea experienced Wembley heartbreak for the third time in a year on Saturday evening when they were beaten on penalties by Liverpool in the FA Cup final. It followed defeats to Leicester in the 2021 FA Cup and then to the Reds in the Carabao Cup.
Mason Mount, Cesar Azpilicueta and Sadio Mane were the three players to miss from the spot in the shootout, with Kostas Tsimikas the man to tuck away the winning kick to hand Jurgen Klopp his second trophy of the season. Despite losing Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk to injury during the clash, they still came out on top.
It is a defeat that leaves Thomas Tuchel's trophy count on three during his time at Stamford Bridge. It was a game that did not leave the Blues unscathed either and with that in mind, takes a look at the latest injury news.
Many supporters were left baffled as to why the German was not brought on during the 120 minutes of football, especially with Liverpool visually ragged after regulation time. But Tuchel revealed in his post-match press conference that Werner had suffered a problem in the warm-up and was not used as a result.
: "Timo was injured and uncomfortable during the warm-up and said he could not play."
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Havertz missed training this week after suffering a hamstring injury. There was some debate in the build-up around who should start out of himself and Romelu Lukaku, but when he was nowhere to be seen as the line-ups were announced, it was assumed he was injured.
But it sounds like he is not far away from a return.
: "Kai did not train yesterday because