Chelsea forward, Christian Pulisic has come out to say that he was misled by Thomas Tuchel ahead of Chelsea’s 2020-21 Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he had a really good first leg performance and Tuchel told him he would be resting against Fulham in the league ahead of the second leg, only for him to change his mind about starting him in the return leg.
Pulisic added that he was honestly dumbfounded and very disappointed with the decision at the time because he earned the right to start.
His words, “What happened before that game was hugely disappointing for me,”
“l’d had a really good first leg performance and our following match was against Fulham in the league. Tuchel told me that he was resting me for the second leg and as a result I didn’t play a single minute in the Fulham game.”
“Then on match day of the second semi, Tuchel tells me he’s changed his mind and he’s going with Kai [Havertz]. I honestly was dumbfounded and very disappointed. I thought that I’d earned a start and, most importantly, he had assured me previously I was going to start. So by the time he brought me on with about 25 minutes left, I was just so wound up.”
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