Chelsea have dropped a big hint that Christian Pulisic could well find himself back in the starting line-up against Manchester United as Thomas Tuchel's team travel up to Old Trafford.
Both clubs have lost against top-four rivals Arsenal in the last week, with United now six points adrift in the race for a Champions League place having played a game more than the Gunners. Ralf Rangnick will be hoping to see a dramatic response after back to back losses against great Arsenal and Liverpool.
Earlier in the season, when all the odds were against Michael Carrick's men, the Red Devils like many other opponents managed to grab a point at Stamford Bridge after Jorginho sealed a draw with a penalty. And seeing what Mikel Arteta's side did to Thomas Tuchel's side recently will encourage United fans.
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Chelsea will be looking to build up some positive momentum ahead of the FA Cup final against a quadruple-chasing Liverpool side. Two Premier League wins on the bounce could go some way in doing that, and matchwinner Pulisic will hope to be given a chance from the start after bailing Jorginho out in the 1-0 win over David Moyes' side on Sunday.
"If you asked him, he would say it was not a good idea. It is like this, especially with the strikers. He had a period when he was on a run, had the confidence, was heavily involved upfront and Timo [Werner] had to wait for many, many weeks. Now things turned around a little bit from the Southampton game," Tuchel reflected post-match on Pulisic.
"Puli struggled a little bit since coming back from the international break where he had three matches, an incredible amount of joineries and time zones to cope with. From there, he struggled energy-wise. This was my impression, on and off the pitch. It's sometimes like this.
"Now we have tried to bring him back in full confidence from the bench, and I am happy with the effort today. I am happy he had the chance to have this big impact with Romelu and Hakim. It was super important."
With there being multiple selection and team news regarding for Tuchel to contend with regarding the likes of Antonio Rudiger, Reece James and Mateo Kovacic amongst others respectively, the former Borussia Dortmund man and impact substitute specialist will hope not to be in these conversations.
And if Chelsea's social media activity is anything to go by, then he won't as they have used him as the main man to preview the Man United clash with the caption: "Onto Manchester!" It's important to note that this doesn't mean he necessarily will be starting but as they did with Timo Werner recently ahead of the Crystal Palace FA Cup win, the German's inclusion on the pre-match graphic eventually led to him being named in the starting lineup for the game at Wembley.
