Update : Timo Werner snub, Trevoh Chalobah in: Three changes Thomas Tuchel may make for Chelsea vs Wolves (a must win game for Chelsea )


Thomas Tuchel stormed across the 


Goodison Park pitch on Sunday afternoon 


and straight back to the away dressing


 room. Who could blame him? The German


 had just seen a poor display from his 


Chelsea side as they were beaten 1-0 


to relegation-threatened Everton.





It was also a surprisingly quick entrance


 to the media room at Goodison as 


well, where Tuchel addressed the post


-match press, with an understandable


 stern look on his face. "Very 


disappointed," Tuchel bluntly explained.





"We knew what was coming and 


like in the last matches, we struggled 


to have clean sheets. In the last four matches


, we have one clean sheet against West 


Ham, and it is the only win we have.


 So, very disappointed."




It was once again the defensive play


 that let Chelsea down. Of course, the 


attacking play was very poor as well, 


but the defending is the key component


 that needs to be right before anything else.



Saturday afternoon sees Wolves come 


to Stamford Bridge, with the Blues having


 a rare six days off by the time the match 


kicks off. Wolves effectively have nothing


 to play for, with Bruno Lage's team sitting


 comfortably in eighth place in the


 Premier League table.


This could go one of two ways. Wolves 


could play freely, knowing there is no pressure


 on them and enjoy themselves at Stamford


 Bridge. Alternatively, Chelsea, who still


 have to secure a space in this season's 


top four, could want it more than their


 opponents.


Tuchel has plenty of decisions to make


 in terms of personnel when it comes to 


Saturday. His whole squad have had 


a bit of a rest, which in relative terms, 


will have felt like a huge amount of time


 off. With this being said, football.london 


takes a look at three changes Tuchel 


could consider making to his XI 


against Wolves.



Chalobah to be recalled


Trevoh Chalobah hasn't started for Chelsea


 since their 1-0 victory against West 


Ham United. In fact, that was the 22-


year-old defender's only start in the 


last six Premier League games. 


Coincidence or not that it was a clean sheet?



Chalobah has played the majority of 


his games for Chelsea this season on 


the right-hand side of a back-three. 


Cesar Azpilicueta was the man who 


occupied said position on Sunday against


 Everton and he was the man at fault 


for Richarlison's goal.



The Cobham graduate has been dependable


 virtually every time he's put on the 


Chelsea colours this season - in, by the


 way, his breakout campaign in the 


senior side. It's a no-brainer to recall 



the defender on Saturday.



Kovacic in for Jorginho



Jorginho endured a tough first-half 


against Everton on Sunday, as virtually


 every one of the Chelsea XI did. The 


Italian was replaced at half-time, with


 Tuchel confirming after the game that 


the midfielder had picked up an injury.



Mateo Kovacic was the man chosen 


to replace him, with the Croatian returning


 from an injury he suffered in last 


month's FA Cup semi-final win over 


Crystal Palace. It was a difficult 45 


minutes for Kovacic to make his return


 in, with a hostile home crowd vying 


for their team. The game was also very


 scrappy and it restricted what 


Kovacic could do.



The Croatia international has been 


Chelsea's best midfielder this season 


and despite an out-of-sorts display at 


Everton, he should be one of the first 


names on Tuchel's team sheet against


 Wolves at the weekend. Kovacic 


alongside Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who 


deserves to keep his spot in the XI 


after his impressive performance Godison


 a few days ago.



Werner back on the bench


Timo Werner went on a mini hot


 streak last month. The German forward


 was finally showing glimpses of what


 Chelsea thought they were buying 


from RB Leipzig in the summer of 


2020 after scoring four goals in as 


many games in all competitions.


However, the 26-year-old is now 


goalless in his last three matches and


 has looked pretty poor in those matches


 as well. Werner was nowhere to be seen


 against Everton when Chelsea needed


 an attacking outlet to sustain the 


immense pressure from the hosts on 


Merseyside.



The front three of Werner, Kai Havertz 


and Mason Mount have been a staple 


of Tuchel's team recently, but that could


 change on Saturday. Christian 


Pulisic hasn't been at his best recently


 with the odd cameo performance, but


 the American could come back into 


the side to face Wolves.


Pulisic's father, Mark, posted a tweet 


following the Everton game, although 


it has since been deleted. The Twitter 


post pointed out his son's frustration 


with the lack of game time he's had 


recently at Chelsea but also stated his 


love of the club and London as a whole


. His father may get his wish on Saturday


 if Werner is indeed dropped down


 to the bench.

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