‘Nothing but proud’ – Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea ‘left everything on the pitch’ in FA Cup final loss against Liverpool

Thomas Tuchel says he has no regrets after his side lost 6-5 on penalties to Liverpool in the final of the FA Cup at Wembley. Chelsea lost to the same opponents in the League Cup final back in February – again on penalties, again after a scoreless 120 minutes – but Tuchel said his side left everything on the pitch and that he was proud of his charges. Ad/> “The way we played again we can be nothing but proud,” began Tuchel.

“We left everything on the pitch, so there are no regrets. But of course we are disappointed and sad.” The Emirates FA CupLiverpool need to win Champions League for season to rank amongst club’s greatestAN HOUR AGO The Chelsea boss added that after a nervous start, his side grew into the game. “It was clear that in some moments we would suffer and unfortunately we did in the first 15 minutes.

We looked nervous and tense,” Tuchel added. “We also played with one less day in recovery. We had an away game against Leeds on Wednesday and played again 120 minutes today but it was clear we would suffer against this team.

“We managed to stay in the match, clearly because of an excellent goalkeeping performance from Edou [Mendy]. We dug in and got better and better, more confident and we found solutions and created chances ourselves. Everybody is in pain, there is no way you escape this game without pain.” Liverpool need to win Champions League for season to rank amongst club’s greatest Liverpool hold nerve to win FA Cup on penalties to keep quadruple dream alive Tuchel added that his side would be able to draw on the experience in the future.

“Every experience helps you, like it or not,” he added. “Obviously, you'd like to be on the winning side. I think we did everything to be the deserved winners but, like