{"id":50642,"date":"2021-09-24T17:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/chelsea-vs-man-city-tuchel-to-be-without-two-key-players-for-epl-clash"},"modified":"2021-09-24T17:26:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:26:07","slug":"chelsea-vs-man-city-tuchel-to-be-without-two-key-players-for-epl-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/chelsea-vs-man-city-tuchel-to-be-without-two-key-players-for-epl-clash","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs Man City: Tuchel to be without two key players for EPL clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Chelsea boss, Thomas Tuchel, will be without two key players when the Blues tackle Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The two Chelsea players are Christian Pulisic and Mason Mount.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel confirmed this on Friday during his pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea head to the game after defeating Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup in midweek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristian Pulisic is still out,\u201d Tuchel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMason Mount is also out as this game comes too soon for him, after picking up a minor injury from the Aston Villa match in midweek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has made a big step in his recovery from that, huge progress, but unfortunately not enough to be involved because of the game coming earlier as a 12.30 pm [kick-off] on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMason is very disappointed to miss out,\u201d added Tuchel.<\/p>\n<p>The kick-off time for Chelsea vs Man City is 12.30 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Chelsea boss, Thomas Tuchel, will be without two key players when the Blues tackle Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon at Stamford Bridge. The two Chelsea players are Christian Pulisic and Mason Mount. Tuchel confirmed this on Friday during his pre-match press conference. 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