Every word Thomas Tuchel said on Chelsea vs Arsenal, takeover, Kovacic, James, Chalobah, Lukaku

“Kova (Mateo Kovacic) is out for the game, a ligament injury. Hopefully, [he will] not be longer than two weeks out. This is a long time for us in terms of games. Hopefully, as short as possible. Callum Hudson-Odoi out for the game [against Arsenal] and Ben Chilwell is out for the game. There are some players in doubt – which we need to examine – but hopefully, the rest is okay."

“On the pitch? Premier League match? No [for Ben Chilwell], I don’t think we will rush this. Ben will now be in the transition to join academy training and to have team training – but not on the physicality level like with us. These will be his next steps in the next weeks. Hopefully, he can join our training at the end of the season but no matches on that level. For Callum, it’s day by day, still not possible to join team training.”

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“Good. Of course, we feel it [the sense of revenge]. The Carabao Cup final was so close; wasn’t last season or two years ago. It was a few weeks ago we lost in the same stadium on a pretty similar occasion. Now it is an even bigger cup. Of course, it’s a traditional cup, it has these similarities and of course, it seems like you can come back.

"That’s what it’s about in sports: if you lost against a team on such short notice it feels a bit like ‘come on let's turn things around quickly’. Call it revenge, it doesn’t matter. We all have this competitive feeling. It’s clear.”

“I am a bit afraid that I don’t share your opinion about what is sure and what is not. We don't know if we can finish second or not sure we don’t finish fourth – I’m not sure about it until the season is finished. We will fight hard. We have a