It takes a brave person to drop Mason Mount. Frank Lampard once said that Mount’s eyes would burn whenever he left him out and Thomas Tuchel saw something similar when he named the Chelsea midfielder on the bench against Manchester City on Saturday. “It’s within Mason’s character of being polite and respectful, so there is no harm,” Tuchel said. “But I get the eyes. I get the look. I know the look.”
It is nothing new as far as Chelsea’s manager is concerned. After all Mount made no attempt to hide his displeasure after starting on the bench when Tuchel’s tenure at Stamford Bridge began with a goalless draw against Wolves a year ago. The England international was not afraid to take it up with Tuchel, who was pleased to see such a spirited response from a player who would go on to play a pivotal role in Chelsea winning the Champions League.
