Chelsea injury news: Calum McFarlane "very hopeful" of double boost for Man City FA Cup final

Chelsea interim manager Calum McFarlane is "very hopeful" of having Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho backmost from wounded successful clip for adjacent weekend's FA Cup final.

The Blues had to marque bash without some wide options successful Saturday's 1-1 Premier League gully with Liverpool, successful which McFarlane was deprived of each of his elder wide options.

Estevao Willian, Jamie Gittens and Jesse Derry besides missed retired done injury, portion Mykhaylo Mudryk has been banned since December 2024 arsenic helium continues to contention doping allegations.

McFarlane's men nevertheless gave Liverpool a terrific tally for their wealth astatine Anfield, ending a six-game Premier League losing tally and giving themselves a insignificant intelligence boost for the travel to Wembley adjacent weekend.

Speaking to the media pursuing Saturday's match, McFarlane delivered a reassuring update connected Neto and Garnacho, whom helium expects to marque the chopped for the Man City showdown.

Chelsea expecting treble wounded boost for FA Cup final

"Yeah, we are precise hopeful," McFarlane said erstwhile quizzed connected the pair's presumption for the FA Cup final. "You person to instrumentality these things time by day.

"We're hoping that they'll beryllium available, but we don't cognize astatine this infinitesimal successful time. They're going to get backmost into training. We’ll spot however they feel, spot however it looks. So, fingers crossed."

Portuguese attacker Neto has been particularly important to Chelsea during their tally to the FA Cup showpiece, registering six nonstop extremity involvements successful 5 matches - 4 of his ain and 2 assists.

Neto provided the assistance for Enzo Fernandez's victor successful the 1-0 semi-final triumph implicit Leeds United, portion besides netting a hat-trick against Hull City successful the 4th round.

Meanwhile, Garnacho netted against Wrexham successful the past 16 and Port Vale successful the quarter-finals of the competition, and helium has lone failed to commencement 1 FA Cup crippled for Chelsea successful 2025-26.

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Liverpool did themselves fewer favours connected Saturday with their passive attack to the game, but instrumentality thing distant from Chelsea's front-footed and gutsy show successful hard circumstances.

McFarlane counter-acted his deficiency of wingers by deploying Marc Cucurella successful a much precocious role, and the Spaniard earned the antheral of the lucifer grant aft helping to nullify the Liverpool menace down the right.

Having Cucurella and Jorrel Hato successful the aforesaid XI would besides marque it easier for Chelsea to treble up connected Antoine Semenyo, and the Blues whitethorn request to deed Man City connected the antagonistic to basal a accidental of occurrence astatine Wembley.

Therefore, McFarlane could sacrifice Andrey Santos, displacement Cole Palmer to a cardinal role, present Neto connected the close and instrumentality with Cucurella connected the near for the biggest crippled remaining successful their season.