Chelsea will be without midfielder Mateo Kovacic for Saturday’s trip to Newcastle United, but the Premier League leaders have been boosted by the news that defenders Cesar Azpilicueta and Andreas Christensen are available for selection.
Kovacic, 27, could miss “some weeks” after sustaining a hamstring injury at the end of the club’s training session on Thursday.
Tuchel said: “It’s very sad news. He injured himself in the last minute of the training and suffered a hamstring injury and will be out for some weeks actually, next week for sure and then comes the international break.
“Hopefully, after the international break he will be back. He was doing a little bit too much in training so it’s my fault a little bit.”
Strikers Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner and Christian Pulisic all remain unavailable. “The target for them is after the international break,” Tuchel said. “Pulisic we are looking at the Burnley match (on November 6) if everything goes alright.”
But Chelsea have been boosted by the news that Azpilicueta and Christensen have recovered from their respective injuries in time for the match against Newcastle.
Tuchel added: “Like I said many times, Liverpool and (Manchester) City set the standards during the last four or five years now and they showed how many points you have to earn to win this league.
“I’m pretty sure there are a lot of teams out there who are hungry for points and so no predictions from me about how this thing ends.
“We are almost through October and November is coming and there is so much needed in terms of focus, concentration and consistency.
“It’s not enough to prove it (that we’ve closed the gap) for nine games, we need to prove it through our season and it will take all our courage, effort and discipline.”
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