When Kai Havertz scored after just eight minutes against Lille, Thomas Tuchel's hopes to take Romelu Lukaku out of the firing line went up in smoke.
The German international had already spurned a couple of early chances as he, along with Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech, showed plenty of fluency before rising to meet the Moroccan's corner to put Lille one goal behind.
"It was not the moment after the [Crystal Palace] match where everybody was focused on the few touches that he had to put him right into the next fire," Tuchel explained. "It was the moment to take a step back. That was the decision and that’s it."
