Chelsea’s loss to Liverpool in last weekend’s Carabao Cup final was extremely painful, there’s no doubting that.
But the silver lining was the return of Reece James, who came on as a sub and played almost an hour when extra time was factored in.
With him back, we have just Ben Chilwell out as a long term absentee.
In his press conference today, Thomas Tuchel confirmed that some players who had missed our midweek cup game against Luton would also be back this weekend.
Azpilicueta has been ruled out though.
— Simon Johnson (@SJohnsonSport) March 4, 2022
Along with Chilwell, there’s just one player out this week – Cesar Azpilicutea, who has only a minor knock.
By this time next week, we could be talking about a squad with just one unfit player. That sets us up beautifully for a final third of the season where there is a lot still on the line.
