Hugely disappointing for me – Chelsea star blasts Tuchel for misleading him
It appears that things were not going well between Christian Pulisic and former Chelsea winger Thomas Tuchel.
In advance of Chelsea’s 2020-21 Champions League semifinal matchup against Real Madrid, Pulisic has admitted that Tuchel misled him.
“What happened before that game was hugely disappointing for me,” Pulisic writes in his new book ‘Christian Pulisic: My Journey So Far’.
“l’d had a really good first leg performance and our following match was against Fulham in the league. Tuchel told me that he was resting me for the second leg and as a result I didn’t play a single minute in the Fulham game.
“Then on match day of the second semi, Tuchel tells me he’s changed his mind and he’s going with Kai [Havertz]. I honestly was dumbfounded and very disappointed.
“I thought that I’d earned a start and, most importantly, he had assured me previously I was going to start. So by the time he brought me on with about 25 minutes left, I was just so wound up.”