Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel needs his facet to safe Champions League qualification of their ultimate Premier League sport in opposition to Aston Villa to keep away from added stress going into the European ultimate on May 29.
Third-placed Chelsea are some extent above Liverpool and Leicester City going into Sunday’s ultimate video games and a win at Villa Park will assure Chelsea a top-four end earlier than the Champions League ultimate in opposition to Manchester City in Porto.
However, a fifth-placed end will see Chelsea drop right down to the Europa League until they beat City within the ultimate to qualify for Europe’s high tier competitors.
“We will play 100%, it doesn’t matter what, to win,” Tuchel told a news conference on Friday. “The side effect could be a crucial one but we don’t want to play this final to (qualify for) the Champions League.
“We put in so much hard work, quality into the last months. We want to finish the game on Sunday … But I don’t think that when we arrive for the Champions League final that it would be in our heads to make it into the Champions League next season.”
Tuchel, who changed Frank Lampard halfway by the season, stated the highest 4 was their principal goal and a busy schedule solely made it tougher for them to realize that purpose.
“Having a busy schedule made it tougher. We had so many video games and a good schedule,” Tuchel added. “It was a complicated situation to reach the (FA Cup) final, go back to top-four race, then a semi-final in the Champions League.
“There are so many competitions and so many levels in these competitions. So it demanded a lot of different levels of concentration for us. It’s what we worked for and it’s still in our hands.”
Tuchel stated N’Golo Kante and Kai Havertz may function in opposition to Villa topic to a late health check whereas centre again Andreas Christensen, who missed the final three video games with a hamstring harm, is again within the squad.
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