Thomas Tuchel has urged Chelsea enthusiasts to be mild with midfielder Saul Niguez following his social media abuse.
The loanee from Atletico Madrid continues to battle at Stamford Bridge, along with his ultra-modern cameo - 25 mins at the give up of Everton's 1-1 draw - leaving supporters upset.
Saul shared a photograph on Instagram on Saturday however speedy removed it after receiving loads of abusive feedback, many of which continued on his older posts after this one was removed.
"Does [Saul] sense that he is within the equal role and obligation as he had at&#a hundred and sixty;Atletico? No, maybe no longer yet. Does he conflict? Yes, he struggles," Tuchel admitted (via Goal).
"Was he the primary player to warfare inside the Premier League? No, and he won't be the ultimate one. We guard our gamers and I will guard our players constantly. He performed [against Everton] as a No.6, No.Nine, and as a wing-again.
"Is that honest to him? No, additionally it isn't. Put it into context and you may have a greater slight image and response. I understand human beings are upset after [the draw] however reactions like this are the motives why I am now not concerned on social media.
"It is why I protect myself and you can get carried away. I can only desire Saul does no longer read it and why should he? He knows what he wishes to do to improve and he's doing the whole thing. He struggles in the mean time and we're nevertheless trying to find the quality version of him and could not forestall pushing."
Saul has made nine appearances for Chelsea this season, with simply Premier League begins, and the Spaniard has yet to upward push up the pecking order as many predicted while he arrived on switch deadline day in September.
Tuchel has favored to start Jorginho and Ruben Loftus-Cheek over Saul in latest weeks, despite the fact that Saul is the membership's simplest fully suit principal midfielder.
