
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel says his fullbacks were key to victory over Leicester City.
Chelsea won 3-0 with goals from Toni Rudiger, N'Golo Kante and Christian Pulisic.
On his fullbacks, Tuchel said: "We understand better and better – the whole team and me included – where we can take risks, where we can change our positions, adapt our positions. We don't go fully overconfident or do crazy stuff, but we have a wild momentum and freedom in our offensive movements.
"The wing-backs can adapt their positions to half-positions to support our attackers. It's a matter of repetition, understanding from each other, and at the moment, they do well no matter who plays.
"Azpi (Cesar Azpilicueta) had fantastic matches in this position and Marcos Alonso too. So today it was Reece and Chilly and we want to be dangerous in certain spaces and to accelerate the game in certain spaces, so they are allowed to do it."
On goalscorer Pulisic, he added: "One of his key qualities is to arrive in the box and, more importantly, the six-yard box. This is a top quality and we need this. He gives something, of course, in terms of repetitive sprints, intensity on and off the ball, but he is hungry to score and arrives in the box. This is where we need players."
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