Confirmed Chelsea XI vs Lille: Christian Pulisic starts as Thomas Tuchel makes five changes

Thomas Tuchel has made five changes to his Chelsea starting XI for this evening's Champions League Round of 16 second leg against Lille.

The Blues flew out to France yesterday as the fallout from Roman Abramovich being sanctioned by the UK government continued and more parties throwing their hat into the ring to purchase the club from the Russian.

Edouard Mendy starts in goal for the Blues and the Senegal international will be hoping to maintain his excellent record in the Champions League – the 30-year-old has conceded just four goals in 18 appearances in Europe's premier club competition.

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Andreas Christensen starts once more and is moved over to the right of the back three. Thiago Silva is in the middle and Antonio Rudiger occupies the left centre-back spot.

With Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi both ruled out, Cesar Azpilicueta comes in at right wing-back having recovered from an illness that kept him out of the weekend win over Newcastle United.

At left wing-back, Marcos Alonso returns. The Spaniard hasn't featured for Chelsea since testing positive for Covid earlier this month.