Romelu Lukaku continues to be not match sufficient to start out for Chelsea, in response to Thomas Tuchel, following his benching in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final towards Crystal Palace.
The 28-year-old has missed Chelsea’s final 4 matches as a result of an Achilles difficulty.
Whereas Kai Havertz has carried out admirably in Lukaku‘s absence, Tuchel has chosen to start out the versatile German in assault with Timo Werner, who has scored three targets in his previous two video games.
Lukaku, then again, can be looking for to make an impression after scoring solely 4 targets in all competitions for Chelsea for the reason that begin of 2022.
When requested concerning the resolution to bench Lukaku for the match, Tuchel replied: ‘Romelu shouldn’t be match sufficient to play 90 minutes, not match sufficient for the depth of our sport in an FA Cup semi-final.
‘It’s not straightforward to come back right into a sport similar to this with a lot using on it after a spell out with harm.
‘It’s only a case of him not having as a lot minutes just lately as the opposite gamers, his match health shouldn’t be fairly there in any other case there’s a giant likelihood that he would have began in the present day.’
The Blues play Arsenal subsequent within the Premier League.
