Former Newcastle striker Darren Ambrose says Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was in a win-win position by dropping Romelu Lukaku for yesterday's 2-2 draw with Liverpool.

Tuchel omitted Lukaku from the matchday squad after a critical interview on Italian TV.

“If you're a young player in that dressing room, it doesn't matter how much money you've cost," Ambrose said on talkSPORT.

“If you see your record signing, with the disciplinarian let's say that Thomas Tuchel is by all accounts, and you're record signing is saying words and doing interviews behind your back and gets away with it.

"If he says, 'I can't drop you just yet because it is Liverpool' you're showing how important he is to the team, even if he is.

“It's such a difficult one, but I think Thomas Tuchel has felt it is not right, he shouldn't have said what he said.

“It's kind of clever as well because Liverpool are a fantastic side and, if it did go wrong, the fingers are pointed at Lukaku and not Tuchel."