Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel has, on Sunday, supplied an evidence for the absence of Romelu Lukaku from his newest beginning XI.
Blues off the tempo
Tuchel and co. will mark their post-Christmas return to motion briefly order.
As a part of a busy Boxing Day fixture checklist within the Premier League, the European champions have made the journey to Villa Park, for a tough outing up in opposition to Steven Gerrard’s much-improved Aston Villa.
Chelsea head into proceedings conscious that nothing however three factors will do on the day, having slipped alarmingly off the tempo of table-topping Manchester Metropolis owing to a string of disappointing current outcomes.
Metropolis’s dominant downing of Leicester earlier this afternoon signifies that, as issues stand, Chelsea sit a full 9 factors adrift of Pep Guardiola’s Premier League pace-setters on the midway level of the marketing campaign.
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‘Merely unattainable’
As such, it goes with out saying that Thomas Tuchel, forward of the fast-approaching kick-off at Villa Park, was extensively anticipated to name upon as sturdy a beginning XI as potential.
As alluded to above, although, one such key member of Chelsea’s ranks compelled to make do with a spot on the bench this night comes within the type of Romelu Lukaku.
Belgian hitman Lukaku has in fact spent appreciable time on the sidelines of late, owing first to damage, after which a bout of Covid-19.
It was nonetheless predicted by many, nonetheless, that the ex-Manchester United man could be reintroduced to the Blues’ line-up on Sunday, to behave as a much-needed attacking spearhead.
In flip, upon phrase surfacing that Lukaku had solely been afforded a spot on the bench in opposition to Villa, boss Tuchel was inevitably drawn on the scenario throughout his pre-match media duties.
And the German went on to quote his big-money summer time addition’s current sickness as key, with it considered as ‘merely unattainable’ that Lukaku would have been able to play all 90 minutes this night:
Tuchel to SkySports on Lukaku’s bench function vs Villa: “90 minutes is just unattainable after simply getting back from Covid. We determined to have him on the tip on the pitch.” #CFC #AVLCHE
— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) December 26, 2021
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Premier League desk
# | Workforce | MP | D | P |
1 | Manchester Metropolis | 18 | 35 | 44 |
2 | Liverpool FC | 18 | 35 | 41 |
3 | Chelsea FC | 18 | 27 | 38 |
4 | Arsenal FC | 18 | 4 | 32 |
5 | West Ham United | 17 | 7 | 28 |
6 | Manchester United | 16 | 2 | 27 |
7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | -1 | 26 |
8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | -1 | 25 |
9 | Leicester Metropolis | 16 | 0 | 22 |
10 | Aston Villa | 17 | -2 | 22 |
11 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 0 | 20 |
12 | Brentford FC | 16 | -1 | 20 |
13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | -3 | 20 |
14 | Everton FC | 17 | -8 | 19 |
15 | Southampton FC | 17 | -10 | 17 |
16 | Leeds United | 18 | -18 | 16 |
17 | Watford FC | 16 | -10 | 13 |
18 | Burnley FC | 15 | -7 | 11 |
19 | Newcastle United | 18 | -23 | 10 |
20 | Norwich Metropolis | 17 | -26 | 10 |
Participant | Workforce | Objectives |
---|---|---|
Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 15 |
Jota, Diogo | Liverpool FC | 10 |
Vardy, Jamie | Leicester Metropolis | 9 |
Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 |
Smith-Rowe, Emile | Arsenal FC | 8 |
Raphinha | Leeds United | 8 |
Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 7 |
Mount, Mason | Chelsea FC | 7 |
Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 7 |
Ronaldo, Cristiano | Manchester United | 7 |
Sterling, Raheem | Manchester Metropolis | 7 |
Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 7 |
Silva, Bernardo | Manchester Metropolis | 7 |
Gallagher, Conor | Crystal Palace | 6 |
Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United | 6 |
Maupay, Neal | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 |
Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester Metropolis | 5 |
Saka, Bukayo | Arsenal FC | 5 |
Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 5 |
Maddison, James | Leicester Metropolis | 5 |
Participant | Workforce | Purple Playing cards | Yellow Playing cards |
---|---|---|---|
Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 0 | 6 |
Laporte, Aymeric | Manchester Metropolis | 1 | 5 |
Neves, Ruben | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 6 |
Salisu, Mohammed | Southampton FC | 0 | 6 |
James, Reece | Chelsea FC | 1 | 4 |
Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 1 | 4 |
Cancelo, Joao | Manchester Metropolis | 0 | 5 |
Robertson, Andy | Liverpool FC | 1 | 4 |
Canos, Sergi | Brentford FC | 0 | 5 |
Richarlison | Everton FC | 0 | 5 |
Rice, Declan | West Ham United | 0 | 5 |
Ritchie, Matt | Newcastle United | 0 | 5 |
Westwood, Ashley | Burnley FC | 0 | 5 |
Tarkowski, James | Burnley FC | 0 | 5 |
Duffy, Shane | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 5 |
Lascelles, Jamaal | Newcastle United | 0 | 5 |
Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United | 0 | 5 |
Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 5 |
Firpo, Junior | Leeds United | 0 | 5 |
Ward, Joel | Crystal Palace | 0 | 5 |
Participant | Workforce | Assists |
---|---|---|
Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 8 |
Alexander-Arnold, Trent | Liverpool FC | 8 |
Jesus, Gabriel | Manchester Metropolis | 7 |
Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 7 |
Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 5 |
James, Reece | Chelsea FC | 5 |
Bowen, Jarrod | West Ham United | 5 |
Kovacic, Mateo | Chelsea FC | 5 |
Cancelo, Joao | Manchester Metropolis | 5 |
Robertson, Andy | Liverpool FC | 5 |
Mount, Mason | Chelsea FC | 4 |
Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester Metropolis | 4 |
Saka, Bukayo | Arsenal FC | 4 |
Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 4 |
Redmond, Nathan | Southampton FC | 4 |
Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 3 |
Gallagher, Conor | Crystal Palace | 3 |
Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 3 |
Maddison, James | Leicester Metropolis | 3 |
Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester Metropolis | 3 |