Thomas Tuchel admitted Chelsea changed their system to combat Everton’s ‘characteristic’ in their 2-0 win over the Blues on Monday evening.

An own-goal from Ben Godfrey, deflecting Kai Havertz’s effort beyond Jordan Pickford, gave the hosts the lead in the first half.

A penalty from Jorginho in the second period after the goalkeeper had brought down the German midfielder sealed the three points for the hosts.

And, following the game, the Chelsea boss opened up on why he made five changes to his side for the visit of Everton to Stamford Bridge.

He said: “If you play in competitions like the Premier League and Champions League, there’s no way you arrive with 11 players in your head.

“First of all, whoever you see on the pitch deserves to be on the pitch. We need to analyse what we give in there.

“After two intense games, and an away game with a lot of travelling and we missed a lot of sleep between Atletico, Man U and Liverpool, it was a moment to change.

“We changed a little bit also for the characteristic of the offensive players, because we expected a bit of a man-mark in offensive midfield.

“So we went for speed and for deep runs today. I want to have the choice.

“There’s a reason for every change.”