Antonio Conte explains Tiemoue Bakayoko, Willian and Andreas Christensen substitutions in Chelsea win over Leicester
Antonio Conte insists he only substituted Tiemoue Bakayoko at half-time in Chelsea’s win over Leicester because he feared the midfielder would get sent off.
The decision raised some eyebrows with the former Monaco player struggling to make an impact since joining the Blues last summer.
But the early call to replace Bakayoko was simply because he picked up a yellow card in the first half of the FA Cup quarter-final.
‘It was a decision because he took a yellow card,’ Conte explained. ‘We are talking about a player with great physicality and I think in a game like this you have to try to prevent a second yellow card. ‘Only for this reason I decided to take him off after the first half.’
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