‘I told him’: Lukaku shares what he said to Tuchel after watching Chelsea play last season

 




Romelu Lukaku explained that he simply could not keep up with Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea tactics from the previous campaign.


Speaking to the Guardian, Lukaku admitted how impressed he’d been by Tuchel’s methods last year.


The German instantly set about deploying his blueprints on Frank Lampard’s group, after the pair exchanged managerial places in January.He installed a 3-4-2-1 formation, ensuring defensive solidity and a greater emphasis on possession.


This transformation was instantly recognisable from his very first match in charge.


At home to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chelsea kept a clean sheet, boasted 78.9% and completed 820 passes.


Since 2003, both of those possession statistics are the highest totals by a team in their manager’s debut Premier League game in charge.

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