Thomas Tuchel has said that Kepa Arrizabalaga will be in goal for Chelsea in Saturday’s FA Cup final against Leicester City.

Kepa was in goal last night when Chelsea lost 1-0 to Arsenal in the Premier League but could do little about the goal that won the game for the Gunners.

Jorginho made a woeful back pass to Kepa which almost rolled into the empty Chelsea net with Kepa clawing the ball off the line.

But the loose ball met Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who teed up Emile Smith Rowe to score for the visiting Gunners after 16 minutes.

Tuchel said Kepa was given the chance to pick up some match rhythm ahead of the clash at Wembley this Saturday.

“We thought it was a good idea to give him the game before,” Tuchel told a press conference.

“Because first of all we trust him and he deserves [it]. That is the basis for why we put him in the line-up.

“He deserves it. He is so good in training and we wanted to give him some minutes and take both games together.”

Kepa has started in every previous round of the FA Cup this season.

Chelsea boss, Thomas Tuchel, has explained why he benched Timo Werner for Christian Pulisic during his side’s Premier League 4-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Tuchel admitted he has concerns that he is at risk of overusing Werner, which is why he dropped the striker for Pulisic against Crystal Palace at the Stamford Bridge.

A brace from Pulisic and a strike from Kai Havertz and Kurt Zouma gave Chelsea all three points against the host.

Explaining his decision to drop Werner for Pulisic, Tuchel told Sky Sports: “It’s to do with form and work-rate.

“With Timo, we are close to overusing him and there’s no point in doing that. Christian is in good form so I want to have the competition for the position.

“We haven’t made many changes in formation or individual positions but we hope Christian can show up and challenge in an offensive formation.”