Who had the 27th minute in “injury bingo”?
That was the moment where Reece James had to be replaced by Marcos Alonso – himself out of the team to try and get a rest in.
Let’s hope it’s not too bad – he walked off rather than being carried on a stretcher, but it looked like a knee issue, which could be disastrous.
As Tuchel has said time and again, it’s not a question of not being able to field XI players, it’s the difficulty in not using the same fit players for 6 games a month, something which his guaranteed to injure some of them.
So tonight, James who has been run into the ground, is hurt, then Alonso comes on rather than having a rest. There’s now a great risk he will break down sooner rather than later.
Oh, and who do we face on Sunday? Liverpool, with an extra day’s rest.
