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Thomas Tuchel has been warned that he could have a ‘huge problem’ on his hands regarding who will be Chelsea’s first choice striker for the rest of the season.

The Blues beat Lille 2-0 in their Champions League last-16, first leg clash on Tuesday, however club record signing Romelu Lukaku was on the substitutes' bench and didn’t feature.

Kai Havertz led the line in his absence and opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge, while Christian Pulisic netted the second to put Chelsea in a commanding position going into the second leg on March 16.

Havertz’s goal and impressive display in the striker’s role could leave Tuchel with a decision to make going forward, according to Rio Ferdinand and fellow BT Sport pundit Joe Cole.

Tuchel opted to leave Lukaku out of his starting XI against Lille after an underwhelming display against Crystal Palace that saw the £97.5 million signing touch the ball just seven times during the course of the game.

Havertz scored after eight minutes to justify his manager’s decision to start him up front and impressed with his movement and ability to link up