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Carabao Cup: Tuchel names Chelsea star who plays through pain


 

Chelsea boss, Thomas Tuchel has said that Kai Havertz was playing through the pain of a ‘horrible’ broken finger during his side’s Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night.

Havertz suffered a nasty broken finger in the tumble that followed his early finish against Tottenham.

His goal and an own goal from Ben Davies gave Chelsea the victory over Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

The Germany international battled the pain until half-time when he substituted.

“Kai has an issue with his finger, he broke his finger and it looked horrible,” Tuchel said at his post-match press conference.

“And he played through the pain that was getting bigger and bigger. He survived until half-time and then we had to make the change.

“I liked our performance a lot. We looked full of confidence and had two late last-minute pieces of bad news with Thiago Silva and N’Golo Kante, who were both supposed to start.

“So we decided at the last minute to maybe switch to a back four. The guys were very committed and very open to that, to making such a late change.

“And it was a very strong performance, so it was a well-deserved win in a big match against a very strong opponent.”

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