Rudiger’s first game after announcement ends badly | OneFootball

Antonio Rudiger was rated a 5.9 on WhoScored after his performance for Chelsea against Manchester United tonight, the lowest of any player on the pitch apart from Marcus Rashford.

He is now playing under the shadow of an impending departure, and there will be fears that that will affect his form, as it has Andreas Christensen’s, playing in a similar situation.

Thomas Tuchel didn’t think he played badly though – he said he was “top, as always.”

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To us, that seems like a pretty clear case of Tuchel protecting his player, and defending his decision to use them. Rudiger was just not as his best tonight, as the stats show. Anyone can have a bad game though, and we’ve got more winnable games coming up.

We want to enjoy our last few games with the cult hero defender, not spend them worrying about him. If he could smash one more sweet long shot in… all the better.