Tuchel: Not wanting Kovacic to risk playing, Sal needed a break after back-to-back appearances

Livestream bar 19 January During a Premier League match in the early hours of this morning, Brighton played Chelsea. Before the match, Chelsea manager Tuchel was interviewed.

Regarding the absence of Kovacic and Sal, Tuchel said: "We have to be cautious with Kovacic, we don't want to overuse him. He played a lot of games after the injury and maybe we were a little anxious to get him back in all these games. ”

"Of course, he's very strong and it's nice to be on the pitch, but we have to be careful. Since we have Jorginho and Kante, I don't think we need to let Kovacic take any risks, we can put him on the bench – especially with a big game on Sunday. ”

'Sal has played four or five games in a row and again it's just to save his physical load because I expect the game against Brighton tonight to be intense.

(Bear & Raspberry)