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Thomas Tuchel has highlighted Antonio Rudiger’s presence in N’Golo Kante’s goal celebration at Leicester last week as an example of the invisible work that has contributed to Chelsea’s remarkable defensive record.
Tuchel reached 50 games in charge of Chelsea against Juventus on Tuesday and, in that time, they have kept an incredible 31 clean sheets and conceded just 24 goals.
Following the Champions League victory Tuchel referenced the unseen work that his table-topping team get through in games.
Thomas Tuchel highlighted Antonio Rudiger’s presence in N’Golo Kante’s goal celebration
And, expanding further ahead of Manchester United’s visit to Stamford Bridge, Tuchel said: ‘I will give you one example. If you look at the goal from N’Golo against Leicester when he runs more or less half the pitch and scores a fantastic goal with his left foot I was surprised when I saw it and realised that Toni Rudiger was [among] the first ones to be there, to congratulate and hug him because I thought ‘how fast is he for this to happen? He [Kante] scored from the edge of the 18-yard box?
'When you look at it in detail you see that while N’Golo is driving forward Toni is closing the space and