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Thomas Tuchel 'simply ignored' advice from Chelsea's medical team and left N'Golo Kante on the pitch for 90 minutes against Wolves, with his squad decimated by coronavirus

Thomas Tuchel has admitted he ignored advice from his medical team to only play N'Golo Kante for 45 minutes against Wolves.

The Blues could only draw 0-0 at Molineux on Sunday, with their squad ravaged by a coronavirus outbreak which ripped through the squad, and several injuries to key players.

Kante had only recently returned from a knee injury suffered against Juventus in November and Tuchel was therefore told to limit his game time to just one half of football - but the German kept him on for the entire match.