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Thomas Tuchel is hopeful Chelsea midfielders Mateo Kovacic and N'Golo Kante will be available for Saturday's FA Cup final against Liverpool and admits he is prepared to gamble on the duo's fitness.

But speaking at his pre-match press conference, Tuchel revealed Kovacic was expected to take part in Chelsea's afternoon training session on Friday with a view to proving his fitness to face Liverpool.



Klopp: FA Cup is massive for us Jurgen Klopp is determined to win the FA Cup for the first time in his Liverpool tenure as the Reds aim to keep their quadruple bid alive but he is expecting another tightly-contested encounter.



"It will never happen that we see the FA Cup final as a normal game.



Kovacic looked set to miss the encounter having been forced off with an ankle injury after Daniel James' red-card tackle in Chelsea's 3-0 win over Leeds on Wednesday.

It is a massive final for us and really happy to be a part of.

"It was a tough game.
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