Chelsea were without the injured Mateo Kovacic who suffered a hamstring injury in training on Monday and will now miss Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City.
That forced Thomas Tuchel to start N’Golo Kante despite his doubts about whether the Frenchman could last the whole game, which he duly did.
Tuchel said: ‘It was a muscle injury, out of nothing, [for Kovacic] it was just a little exercise to get a sweat on and he felt his hamstring.
‘I was sad for him because we don’t have many experienced players who have played so many Champions League games.