Tuchel hails Havertz’s impressive form

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has applauded Kai Havertz for his impressive form in the team lately.

Havertz has improved in recent matches, especially after he started playing the role of the central striker in Tuchel’s usual 3-4-3 system.

So far, he has scored four times in his last five appearances for the Blues.

While Chelsea have the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner to start at the front, Tuchel revealed it is becoming harder for him to consider leaving Havertz out of his team after the 22-year-old scored a brace in Saturday’s 4-0 win at Burnley.

‘Of course, it is what it is in the moment. The players put themselves on the pitch with performances in training and matches,’ he said. ‘He gives a lot of intensity, he’s involved in goals and he scored again, so it’s a very good moment and it’s on him to keep on going.

‘This is how it is. We played the last cup match without him, Timo was very strong and was very close to starting today, Romelu got his goal and we will need everybody, but at the moment Kai is in a very good shape.’