Tuchel admits to ignoring medical advice, refusing to use Kante full-time

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Thomas Tuchel, head coach of Chelsea He admitted he had ignored advice from the club’s medical staff and let N’Golo Kante play full-time in the 0-0 draw with Wolves at

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Thomas Tuchel has admitted he ignored advice from his medical team to only play N’Golo Kante for 45 minutes against Wolves. 

The Blues could only draw 0-0 at Molineux on Sunday, with their squad ravaged by a coronavirus outbreak which ripped through the squad, and several injuries to key players. 

Kante had only recently returned from a knee injury suffered against Juventus in November. And Tuchel was therefore told. To limit his game time to just one half of football. But the German kept him on for the entire match.

Since the game against Juventus in November And only returned to practice and did not last long, but today Michael has no choice but to use racing age of 29 years full-time.

“we were advised important for him to play 45 minutes. I did not follow and keep him on the field. Tuchel said:

“We have seven players missing because of the coronavirus and there are also people with injuries.

“It is not a moment to take one of the best midfielders in the world from the pitch. because he felt tired

“So we let him stay. And he always makes a difference.”