Confirmed : Chelsea hit by double injury blow ahead of Carabao Cup final against Liverpool

  Chelsea have been dealt a double 

injury blow before Sunday's Carabao 

Cup final against Liverpool at Wenbley.

Mateo Kovacic and Hakim Ziyech 

were both forced off in Tuesday's 2-0 

victory over Lille in their Champions 

League Round of 16 first leg tie.

Now Chelsea boss Thomas 

Tuchel faces an anxious wait to discover

 if they will be available to face Liverpool.

He said: 'I should have substituted 

Kovacic earlier at half-time, so could 

have had one more change.

'I did not see Hakim's injury, I have 

not spoken to the doctor. I hope it is 

not too much, but it is a little bit the 

story of the season (with injuries).

'Today is Tuesday, until Sunday it is 

good because there are a lot of days 

for us to recover, so we will take care of that.'

Kovacic limped off in the 51st minute

 and was replaced by Ruben Loftus-

Cheek. Ziyech off went off the hour 

mark with an ankle injury.

Tuchel added: 'We don't like to have 

that many injuries and would like to 

have more impact from the bench 

in a tactical matter, but it is what it is.

'Let's see, I hope the guys will be 

ready for Sunday.