Thomas Tuchel’s trust in his squad is repaid
Ahead of Chelsea's match-up with Brentford when Tuchel named a very surprising and makeshift line-up in defence, the head coach insisted he trusted Malang Sarr on Premier League debut and Trevoh Chalobah, who was making just his fourth top flight start.
"There are no easy games where you can try this, you either trust or don’t trust and Malang was strong in the cup game, Andreas played not many games on the highest level, Trevor has been strong in every match we played in, absolutely no doubt about him, Andreas like I said and Malang its his debut, he has strong players around him and that’s it," the head coach said at the Brentford Community Stadium prior to kick off.
Tuchel could have easily done what he did in his very first match in charge back in January and go with experience. This time around, he could have played Cesar Azpilicueta as a left sided centre half with both Toni Rudiger and Thiago Silva absent, perhaps starting Reece James at right wing-back as well.
But he didn't. Chalobah played well against Southampton and was given the nod and Sarr benefited from being at Cobham across the international break, no doubt being drilled meticulously in how to play as a left sided centre half in a back three.
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