Thomas Tuchel’s eleven against Leeds United raised quite a few eyebrows with the change of formation – reverting back to a back four, as opposed to a back three that has served Chelsea really well in the past few matches.
The 4-3-3 formation sees sees Azpilicueta take the right back position and Ben Chilwell on the opposite side. The centre-back pairing is of no surprise as Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen maintain their place in the team after praise-worthy performances in recent match days.
American forward Christian Pulisic’s inclusion in the starting eleven also got Chelsea fans swinging ahead of the game.
He plays alongside in a front three consisting of Everton match-winner Kai Havertz and Hakim Ziyech, who will look to unleash his full potential this time.
Pulisic makes his first ever start under the German manager in the Premier League. (transfermarkt)
All eyes will be on the attacking lineup. Mason Mount, Kai Havertz, Ziyech and Pulisic will all look to make a difference in the final-third.
Here are some Chelsea fans reacting to Tuchel’s 4-3-3 attacking setup:
You can never guess a Tuchel line up haha. Come on Chelsea 💙
— Conn (@ConnCFC) March 13, 2021
Definitely 4 at the back. Good change of tactic against a very attacking Leeds team.
Also stoked that Pulisic is getting some game time!— Teegan Traub (@teegz_traub) March 13, 2021
Tuchel giving Kai Pulisic and Hakim a run out. I like it.
Mount and Jorginho play cuz both are suspended for UCL
This line up actually looks like a 4-3-3
— Rasen – French God (@RasenRendanX) March 13, 2021
Thomas Tuchel has now made 59 changes to the #Chelsea starting line-up in his first 12 games.
It’s Master Tactician things 🔥
— BlueSoldiersFC 🇧🇷 (@BlueSoldiersFC) March 13, 2021
Tuchel’s line-ups are always super strange but so far he has been killing it. As long as we get the result I honestly don’t care lol, up the Bluessssssss
— Armin 🇧🇪 (@ArminCFC_) March 13, 2021
Tuchel is trying with this selection. He is trying to give everybody a chance. While boosting their confidence and creating competition. Awesome 👏
— WEBSITE & App Developer™ 👨🏽💻 (@iamAbiodunAA) March 13, 2021
Unpredictable, unbeaten
— nkono (@cfc_nkono) March 13, 2021
First time of playing with four defenders under thomas tuchel. Preferably, we come out victorious and better execution as this game plan supports effectiveness of our significance squad depth.
— juracole (@juracole) March 13, 2021
Love The Line Up!!! Have been waiting for Tuchel to try a back four now that the team has settled into his style of playing. Gives us more attacking options. Great to see Pulisic starting! #LEECHE
— Yash Thakur (@YashThakurYT) March 13, 2021
OMG Tuchel really playing roullete, not only with the player but now the formation
— GEGE (@1905GeGe) March 13, 2021
Tuchel becoming Tinkerman. His lineups are difficult to predict.
That means people will avoid picking Chelsea’s players in FPL.
That means no #FPL curse.
Don Thomas Tuchel controlling his own Destiny. pic.twitter.com/qxiiFodXWP
— Hemant Kumar (@SportsCuppa) March 13, 2021
Thomas Tuchel 💙🙌 with another unpredictable line up … This is the coach i live for #LEECHE https://t.co/dMCwHPCN8e
— Lekannakel (@IamLno) March 13, 2021
Giroud should have played odi is to greedy needs to pass he dont know how to