Why Christian Pulisic didn’t feature for Chelsea during Newcastle United win

On Feb 16, 2021

Thomas Tuchel has admitted Christian Pulisic deserved to start for Chelsea against Newcastle United after he was left on the bench during the 2-0 win on Monday night.

The 22-year-old was an unused substitute in Chelsea’s 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge as goals from Olivier Giroud and Timo Werner helped the Blues climb into the top four.

Pulisic started against Barnsley on Thursday night in the FA Cup win at Oakwell, but produced a below-par performance like Hakim Ziyech, and both were subsequently left on the bench against the Toon.

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Mason Mount and Timo Werner were given the nod to play in the no.10 roles behind the forward against Steve Bruce’s side, but Tuchel admitted post-match it was a tough selection decision.

As quoted by football.london, he said: “Today, the first change was already made in the first half from injury and Christian was a very tight decision if he starts again after the cup game, or if he comes on from the bench.

“We decided for another eleven to start. Unfortunately, we only had three changes which makes it very difficult to give time to the players, to let everybody play, and to have an impact with the changes of fresh legs. That makes it difficult and the third change we didn’t want to use too early.

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