“My family love him” – Thomas Tuchel gushes over ‘incredible’ Chelsea player | OneFootball

Chelsea are off the back of a great achievement last night qualifying for the Semi Finals of the Champions League.

The Blues actually lost 1-0 to Porto on the night, but the game was comfortable and they did a professional job to win the tie 2-1 on aggregate, cruising into the next round of Europe’s most prestigious competition.

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There were some selection problems late on that Thomas Tuchel had to deal with, after Mateo Kovacic pulled up late in training and was unable to make the squad at all.

Tuchel had to start N’Golo Kante, who had fitness concerns hanging over his head as well after getting injured on international duty with France and returning to Cobham early.

However, Tuchel had no choice and Kante continued to play an absolute blinder for Chelsea in the centre of the park.

The Chelsea boss gushed over the French international after the game, as report by The Metro.

He said:

“In this situation [Kovacic’s injury], it was clear we use N’Golo.

“We take the risk because now is the moment to take the situation and put him on the field and hope he can have the energy for 90 minutes. ‘N’Golo is incredible.

“He’s like one and a half or two players. Everybody who sees him for the first time loves him.

“All my family love him when they watch our games now. It’s so nice to have him, he gives everybody confidence.

‘We did it also for Kova. We’re not sure if we made N’Golo start today if we had everybody available but it’s also perfect and time to recover good.

“He has a work rate which is outstanding. Absolutely outstanding. He gives everybody a good feeling and a lot of encouragement.”