Thomas Tuchel said on Monday it would be wrong to change Chelsea’s approach to friendly just misfiring striker Romelu Lukaku, insisting the club is doing “everything to help him”.
The Chelsea boss expressed his dismay at the Belgian forward and his other attacking players after Premier League leaders Manchester City suffered a costly 1-0 defeat to west London on Saturday.
Tuchel, whose outfit travels to Brighton on Tuesday, was asked at a pre-match press conference on Monday whether he should change Chelsea’s style of play in order to sign his 28-year-old club-record, who moves from Inter to the Blues. re-joined. Milan in August
But the German said he can’t just focus on his under-performing star attacker, who has scored only two Premier League goals since September.
“I think we do everything we can to help him,” Tuchel said.
“That is what we consistently do for any player. It’s a team sport so it doesn’t have about 10 players serving one player. This is not Chelsea and this is not football.
“Every player is serving the team. This is the supreme principle and it will never change.”
Tuchel reiterated that he expected more from his attacking players against Leaders City, who are now 13 points away from their third place.
Tuchel said, ‘He (Lukaku) is involved in our offensive performance.
“He is a key player so there will always be pressure.
“There won’t be more pressure than he puts on himself and we need to find the mix between all the expectations, all the pressure and still get enough rest to play our best game.”
The Chelsea manager called for more clarity on the decision-making process on whether to postpone Premier League matches.
Sunday’s scheduled north London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal was called off, with the Gunners lacking players due to the coronavirus, injuries and commitments from the Africa Cup of Nations.
Chelsea asked to postpone their game against Wolves on 19 December following seven Covid-19 cases in their camp, but the request fell on deaf ears.
“I feel strongly that we need clarity and consistency in decision making and maybe we lack a little bit of that,” Tuchel said.
“I still believe in the rules because if I begin to doubt or not believe, where does it end?” He asked.
“I receive information and then I accept it because what else is there? I don’t lose my energy with decisions that have no influence on me.”
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