“He’s so professional,” Thomas Tuchel said of Thiago Silva, as quoted by Chelsea’s official website.
“The dressing rooms are not so big here, which is not a problem, but when you’re in there so close with the team you can see his focus and how professional he prepares for every game. That’s why he can perform like this.
“In a match where you have so many long balls and so many second balls [against Burnley], and where you rely so heavily on the quality of your first touch if you win a duel in the air, it makes a huge difference and that’s what he does.
“It’s very impressive but I can tell you he works very hard and on top of it he’s a fantastic person and a big character in the dressing room.”
The Brazilian center-back is 37 yet he continues to defy age and put in world-class performances week in, week out.
Against Burnley last weekend, the defender made a crucial goal-line clearance, denying the hosts a chance to open the scoring. Who knows how that game would have ended without Thiago Silva’s block.
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