According to the latest Premier League News, after a controversial interview from Romelu Lukaku regarding the Inter Milan situation. He was dropped from the Chelsea-Liverpool match which ended in a 2-2 draw.
However, after his previous explosive interview, Romelu Lukaku sat down with the club's media to apologize about the incident.
Premier League News: What did Romelu Lukaku say?
"To the Chelsea fans, I'm sorry for the upset I caused," the Belgian striker began.
"You guys know the connection I've had with this club since my teenage years. I totally understand you guys being upset.
"It's up to me to restore your trust now. I will do my best, show commitment every day on the training ground and in the games to make sure we win."
"What I mean by that is that kids have a certain type of dream of playing for those football clubs," the Chelsea striker carried on.
"For me, my club was Chelsea. Everybody knows that from being 10, 11 years old - I said I always wanted to play for Chelsea.
"There are images of when I came
"I came when I was 18, it didn't go so well, now I am back here at 28, I think, the prime years of my career. and I can't mess this up.
"I worked really hard for the last 10 years to get this opportunity, I'm really happy to be here."
"Have to show my commitment to the fans, to make sure we win games and a lot of trophies at the end of the season."
Thomas Tuchel responding to Lukaku's apology
According to the latest Premier League News, Tuchel confirmed Lukaku had apologized internally ahead of Chelsea's League Cup semi-final clash with London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.
"We are happy we took the time that we needed to look at it and to talk calmly about it. This is what we did," the Blues boss stated.
"Romelu apologized and is back in the squad for today's training which is later. For me, the most important thing was to clearly understand and believe that it was not intentional.