Chelsea registered another victory under Thomas Tuchel, without Hakim Ziyech.
After recovering from an injury that delayed his early life in England, following the £ 33.4 million transfer from Ajax last summer, the 27-year-old drew attention in his early games.
In fact, Ziyech was quickly making up for lost time to establish himself as a key player for Chelsea under former coach Frank Lampard.
Undoubtedly, his most impressive performance came in the 4-1 victory over Sheffield United in November, when he not only gave Ben Chilwell and Thiago Silva two assists, but also created a total of six chances for his teammates and was responsible for an outrageous stroke of skill that drove many Blues fans crazy.
However, the Moroccan international was affected by the administrative change that saw Tuchel replace Lampard.
Ziyech started Tuchel’s first game as a Blues coach against Wolves, but he hasn’t played a minute in Premier League football since, fearing he might not fully fit into the former coach’s 3-4-2-1 system. of PSG.
He had a chance to impress the German in the FA Cup win over Barnsley last week, but he clearly did not do enough to hold his spot for Newcastle United’s visit on Monday night.
Tuchel kept his faith in Timo Werner and Mason Mount in the two supporting players behind Tammy Abraham – who was injured – and was rewarded with goals from Olivier Giroud and Werner.
Meanwhile, Ziyech remained an unused reserve and does not appear to be in Tuchel’s Premier League plans at the moment.
As seen in the post above, after Tuchel’s last criticism, Ziyech has been active on social media.
Although, it is not to discuss not making an appearance against the Magpies, but rather to update his followers on the PlayStation game he is currently playing.
“Nuketownnnnnnn,” wrote Ziyech on Instagram.
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Ziyech was not the only high-profile player not to be signed against Newcastle, as Christian Pulisic was also an unused substitute, with Tuchel revealing that the winger was close to starting.
“Today, the first change has already been made in the first half of injury and Christian was a very wise decision if he starts again after the cup game, or if he comes from the bench,” revealed the German in his post-match press conference. .
“We decided to start eleven more. Unfortunately, we only had three changes, which makes it very difficult to give players time, let everyone play and make an impact with the new leg changes. This makes it difficult and the third change we didn’t want to use too soon.
“During the match, we did what we normally do, which is just change to win the match. He deserves to start, or get in, but I could only use three guys. I hope it will continue and it will make an important impact for us in the future. “