Thomas Tuchel has admitted Romelu Lukaku's performance against Arsenal earlier in the season was a reason behind the striker starting against the Gunners this evening. Lukaku started for the Blues alongside Timo Werner and Mason Mount in a front three, with Kai Havertz dropping to the bench.
Lukaku, who hasn't scored a Premier League goal for Chelsea since late December, is perhaps the surprise inclusion in Tuchel's XI against Arsenal. However, due to Havertz's mass amount of minutes in recent matches means the German has dropped down to the bench.
"You were asking so much about him, so finally I put him in," Tuchel said to Sky Sports about Lukaku pre-match. "We want to play with two strikers, and Kai has heavily overloaded himself in the last few matches.
