Romelu Lukaku starts on the bench for Chelsea’s Champions League tie (Getty)Thomas Tuchel has dropped Romelu Lukaku for Chelsea’s Champions League clash against Lille on Tuesday evening. For the first leg of Chelsea’s last-16 Champions League tie at Stamford Bridge, Tuchel has opted to bench Lukaku and begin with an attacking trio of Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic. ‘I felt him a little bit tired,’ Tuchel said when asked about Lukaku’s absence. CHELSEA TEAM VS LILLE Chelsea XI: Mendy; Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger; Azpilicueta, Kante, Kovacic, Alonso; Ziyech, Havertz, Pulisic. He’s had an injury, he had that stupid interview which upset everything, it’s upset him more than anything.

Source: Metro February 23, 2022 02:24 UTC