Tuchel explains Ziyech snub for Chelsea's latest match

The Blues winger failed to make Tuchel’s matchday squad for the Premier League match against Burnley.

Thomas Tuchel explained Hakim Ziyech’s omission was down to a need to rest the winger, who would’ve risked a possible injury had he played.

The €40m summer signing has been in-and-out of the Chelsea squad, having suffered a knee injury earlier in the season. However, he has enjoyed a decent start in London and was a regular under former manager Frank Lampard.

His last appearance came in the midweek 0-0 draw against Wolves at Stamford Bridge, which was Tuchel’s debut as the club’s new head coach.

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But the former Paris Saint-Germain coach has instead favored Tammy Abraham, Timo Werner and Mason Mount as his front three against Burnley.

“He [Ziyech] has been in a bit of overload since five weeks, so he has a bit of a risk of getting injured if he plays more than say 30 minutes,” Tuchel told BT Sport on Ziyech’s omission via Goal.

“For that, we decided to take a break now to go out of the risk zone.”

Cesar Azpilicueta has scored the only goal of the game so far to help Chelsea take a 1-0 lead over Burnley.