They'll probably need a result to clinch a top 4 place - that'd take priority over the cup final for them. Big chance they'll lose at Liverpool and be in 4th place going into the last game meaning if they lose to Wolves a point for Leicester means Chelsea finish 5th.
They'll get a full week break anyway before the final for the first time since the restart so no real need to rest players anyway.
Exactly; the point about Chelsea resting players with a possible CL place on the line and a full week's rest afterwards makes absolutely no sense. As does the fear about Southampton that I've seen from plenty on here. They have the second worst home record in the league and are sitting in midtable. Yet a lot seem to think we have no chance of beating them.
i guess it's just a way for people to dampen their own expectations so that they don't get too disappointed if we do miss out.