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Tuchel reveals reason Alonso was substituted against Wolves
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thomas Tuchel has explained why Marcos Alonso was substituted at half-time during Chelsea&#8217;s 2-2 Premier League tie with Wolves a few days ago.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Chelsea were defeated by Wolves at Stamford Bridge, and Tuchel substituted Alonso for Saul Niguez.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Chelsea drew with Wolves last weekend courtesy to a brace from Romelu Lukaku.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tuchel, on the other hand, said that he substituted Alonso because Cesar Azpilicueta had a yellow card and was too offensive, as well as taking too many risks.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He claimed that Alonso was not hurt and that he needed Azpilicueta&#8217;s runs in the second half.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When asked about his substitutions at halftime, Tuchel informed the club&#8217;s official website: &#8220;Marcos was not hurt, it was just a decision we made.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Azpi [Cesar Azpilicueta] had a yellow card and he was very active in the first half but he was too offensive. He took too many risks there and sometimes we only had Ruben [Loftus-Cheek] as the spare player in the two v two and that is why we changed. Azpi had a yellow card and we wanted the runs from him in the second half.”</span></p>