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Tuchel explains lack of minutes for Ziyech and states what he has learnt about his squad

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Tuchel admits that it has been difficult in giving playing time to Hakim Ziyech, but Tuchel is confident that Ziyech's moment will come. Hakim Ziyech has seen himself pushed down the pecking order for a place in Thomas Tuchel's starting line-up Hakim Ziyech ahs mote featured in the premier league for Chelsea since starting the goalless draw with Wolves which was Thomas Tuchel's first game in charge as Chelsea head coach. Ziyech was on the pitch for 70 minutes in the FA Cup against Barnsley, but since then has found himself behind the likes of Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi for the two places as a central striker in Tuchel's preferred 3-4-2-1 system.  Tuchel stated 'it's my fault actually not his.' 'There are often some decisions for my other players which means that Hakim suffers a little bit as a result. I agree with this, I accept this is my responsibility and my fault that he is unable to show more of his potential.' 'As

Ziyech and Kante to feature against Barnsley but Defender to miss out

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Thomas Tuchel has confirmed today that both N'Golo Kante and Hakim Ziyech will both start Thursday's FA Cup game against Barnsley, however, Thiago Silva us unable to feature due to injury. Thomas Tuchel confirmed that he will be fielding a strong side at Oakwell , which will include both Kante and Ziyech, even though there will be changes in order to keep the rest of the matchday squad fresh following a busy period recently.  A his pre-match press conference Tuchel confirmed that there would be a very high possibility of seeing a lot of changes. He goes onto say ' for us this is the third away game from home now, therefore we don't want to lose both our awareness and attention to detail, so I think that this is a good opportunity to make some changes.  'Everybody in our team deserves to be on the pitch and there are also players who have suffered as a result of my decisions. It is an important moment for us tomorrow to have some fresh legs and minds out on the pitch

Hakim Ziyech interview 10 questions

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Hakim Ziyech in action for Chelsea against Wolves  Since signing from Ajax in the 2020/21, the skills of Hakim Ziyech have been clear to see, not that Chelsea supporters were not fully aware of them already following his man of the match performance that he put in against Chelsea whilst playing for Ajax.  Currently, the 27 year old has had an interrupted start to his career at Stamford Bridge however, he is now fit and available. In an exclusive interview given he tells us about joining a new club during the Covid-19 pandemic but, also delves back in time and tells us how his soccer skills have developed in an edition of 10 questions with. Here are the questions that Ziyech was asked  1) Just like the most famous Dutchman at Chelsea Ruud Gullit, you grew up playing street football as well as going through the youth development system in the Netherlands which is famous for producing skilful and technical players. How did those two aspects in your upbringing make you the player you are?