Tammy Abraham’s girlfriend Leah Monroe slammed Thomas Tuchel after her partner was left out of Chelsea’s FA Cup final squad against Leicester City
The England international was a key part of the team under the German’s predecessor, Frank Lampard, but has fallen down the pecking order since Tuchel replaced him in January.
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Despite the lack of first team chances, Abraham remains Chelsea’s top goalscorer this campaign having found the back of the net 12 times in 34 matches, including four en route to the final of the competition.
Abraham scored his first senior hat-trick in the fourth round victory over Luton in Lampard’s last game at the helm, and also scored the decisive goal in the fifth round win against Barnsley.
Tuchel, however, found no room for him in his matchday squad with Timo Werner continuing up front and Olivier Giroud starting on the bench, much to the disgust of his partner.
‘How on earth do you make the decision to leave your top goal scorer out of the squad for a final?’ Monroe posted on her Instagram stories, before later deleting the message.
‘The same person who even scored the goals to actually qualify for this competition?
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‘It’s not making any sense whatsoever.’
The decision was also questioned by BBC pundit Ian Wright before the game who thought Abraham’s contribution towards Chelesea’s run to the final should have been recognised by Tuchel.
He said: ‘I’m really surprised not to see Tammy Abraham in there being the top scorer for Chelsea in the competition, that he can’t even make the bench.’
