Mason Mount earns Frank Lampard approval as Chelsea stars hand FA Cup problem for Thomas Tuchel

Ahead of the trip to Elland Road, Thomas Tuchel said he would not have half an eye on Chelsea's FA Cup final against Liverpool on Saturday. Yet given the team the German selected, perhaps that wasn't entirely true. There was no Thiago Silva. N'Golo Kante wasn't risked either. While Timo Werner and Kai Havertz were only among the substitutes.

Everyone one of those decisions paid off. Tuchel's defence, which consisted of Trevoh Chalobah, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger, kept a clean sheet. Jorginho, who was brought back in having recovered from injury, looked sharper than in recent outings. Meanwhile, the front three of Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Romelu Lukaku all got on the scoresheet.

The only negative was the first-half injury sustained by Mateo Kovacic. The Croatian was caught by a dangerous challenge by Daniel James that resulted in the Leeds United winger rightly being sent off. Tuchel was not confident the midfielder would be fit for Wembley on Saturday.

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"For me, I am not a doctor and we need to wait for the examinations. It is very unlikely he can play," Tuchel said during his post-match press conference. "If he misses it I’m very disappointed because he was a clear starter. If you look at the quality today with Jorgi and him in central midfield when we played eleven against eleven, it was a very strong start. He is a key figure for us in midfield.

"He played against Liverpool – I think both matches from the beginning – and was very strong. He’s super, super hungry and determined, and excited to play these matches. And of course, he is in fear he will miss it. We will see. We need to wait. Maybe we