Chelsea-Leicester City: What Thomas Tuchel must change in revenge mission, including Christian Pulisic's role

Chelsea could lose control of their Champions League fate if they do not beat Leicester on Tuesday night

For all the indisputable progress that Chelsea have made under Thomas Tuchel, their season suddenly sits on a knife edge. A disastrous week saw the Blues' advantage in the top-four race slip away with defeat to Arsenal before they were downed by Leicester City at Wembley Stadium in the FA Cup final. To rub salt in those wounds Liverpool then found the most remarkable way to keep the top-four race alive as goalkeeper Alisson headed in a 95th minute winner against West Bromwich Albion. There need not be gloom and doom at Stamford Bridge just yet though. Their fate remains in their own hands. Win out in the Premier League season and they will finish third. In the worst-case scenario, domestically, there is even the possibility of qualifying for next season's Champions League by winning this season's final against a Manchester City side Tuchel has already defeated twice in his brief reign. Still, a win or bust European final is hardly the ideal way for Chelsea to discover whether they are in Europe. Better to take a sizeable step toward Champions League qualification on Tuesday when the Blues face Leicester once more, a match that Tuchel indicated on Friday is a "final" in no less a way than their meeting at Wembley. Certainly from a financial perspective, a top-four berth is worth far more than the FA Cup.