Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel was delighted with two-goal Reece James after their 3-0 win at Newcastle.
For his goals our right wing-back found himself in the perfect positions to capitalise emphatically after a Callum Hudson-Odoi cross had come his way, and then when a Ruben Loftus-Cheek shot was blocked.
"Reece is allowed to come inside, it's not a problem," Tuchel confirmed as he analysed the win.
"It's about all the spaces where we want to attack from. We have players in all the spaces where we want to be dangerous so if there is a winger pinned wide or waiting wide, Reece is absolutely allowed to take the space. We need the wing-backs to arrive also in the box in the end of our attacks."
On being asked to compare James' finishing with that of the strikers, Tuchel joked about maybe trying his forwards as wing-backs, but went on to explain:
"It's a complex game and I think that maybe Reece cannot score if Callum does not do the dribbling, and maybe Callum cannot do the dribbling if Chilly is not opening the space.
"We were dangerous on the first post with Kai, in the middle with Ross and then on the second post with Ruben. Then it's possible to score beyond the far post. So that's why sometimes our strikers are sacrificing themselves to create chances and spaces for the others."
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