Football Teemu Puk’s Norwich City will face Chelsea on Saturday, playing without Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner

Chelsean attackers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner are missing from Saturday’s home game against Norwich City due to injuries, Chelsea head coach said Thomas Tuchel on Friday, according to news agency Reuters.

The strikers were injured in the opening period in Wednesday’s Champions League game against Malmö FF. Lukaku remained on the field for four minutes after he had suffered an ankle injury.

“They’re gone tomorrow [lauantaina] and probably from the game of Southampton, and then we have to look at the situation. They get treatment for their injuries and aren’t worried, but they’re out of a couple of matches anyway, ”Tuchel said.

Midfielder Christian Pulisic is not available to Tuchel as he recovers from his ankle injury even more.

Tuchel defended Lukaku ‘s gambling in Malmö at Friday’ s press conference, despite the fact that the Belgian striker has had a heavy load this season.

“It was a good opportunity for him to take responsibility. Mentally, he may be overburdened, but that doesn’t mean we should rest him. Jorginho and Mason Mount are in the same situation. That’s what it’s like when they play in a lot of competitions, ”Tuchel said.

Tuchel added that he had no regrets at all that he had let go Tammy Abrahamin, Olivier Giroudin and Michy Batshuayin move elsewhere. According to Tuchel, there are replacement offensive players for Lukaku.

“Football doesn’t work that I could keep a group of 40 players. Is it thought that Tammy, Oli and Michy would be in perfect shape now? We now only have a lot of bad luck that two players from the same venue are injured. ”

“If we don’t have Romelu, the game is different, but we still have players in the same spaces when we end our attacks.”

Chelsea leads the Premier League with 19 points from eight matches. On Saturday, opponent Norwich has no win so far and is in last place in the series.

Norwich City head coach Daniel Farke said on Saturday ‘s game that it would not determine the direction of the Norwich season, but a good result would give tremendous confidence.

“A away game against Chelsea is probably the hardest task in the world. Expectations are against us, but one can never be completely sure of the outcome, ”Farke said.

Teemu Pukki has scored two goals in eight matches, which are so far the only goals of the Norwich City season. Chelsea have scored sixteen goals in eight games.