The USMNT star has not played for Chelsea since a 2-2 draw against Sheffield United on August 31
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has explained that his continued omission of Christian Pulisic is simply down to other players being preferred at the moment.
"I have a squad to pick from, he played before that in a few games," Lampard said of Pulisic.
"Willian has come back and looked sharp and good. I decided to go with Mason today. We needed to stay strong and play Mason high up the pitch. That's my choices to make.
"[Pulisic] will get ample opportunities. He is a young player as well. Everyone talks about Mason, Tammy [Abraham] and Fikayo [Tomori] but he is young and younger than some of them so his chances will come."
It has been suggested that Pulisic is struggling to adjust to his new surroundings in London and the Premier League, but Lampard has denied those claims.
"It is not the case [that he hasn't settled in]," Lampard said. "There's Pedro, Ross Barkley and [Michy] Batshuayi on the bench.
"[Batshuayi] deserves more minutes from the way he is training, those are unfortunate choices I have to make."
Overall, Pulisic has tallied one assist in four Premier League appearances this season, three of which have been starts.
However, the winger has not played at all for Chelsea since a 2-2 draw against Sheffield United on August 31.
That could change on Wednesday, however, as the Blues welcome League Two side Grimsby Town to Stamford Bridge in a Carabao Cup fixture.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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I seen people saying they are done with Lampard and want Sarri back, Sarri would get us relegated. Are you that ignorant that you cant see that our older players are the ones messing up? All the goals conceded come down Azpilicueta side, Willian offers nothing in the final 3rd, Pedro had a crap game against Valencia, Alonso cant hit a decent cross to save his life. Sarri would field all these and get us relegated... HAZARD WAS RESPONSIBLE 49% OF OUR GOALS AND ASSISTS LAST YEAR, 49% meaning HALF our goals basically. Under Lampard Hazard on the wing would have like 5 goals and 5 assists already, but that's the difference, we dont have Hazard anymore to bail out the deadwood so just put your faith in the youth and Lampard cos right now thats the best we have...
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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I dont get it, what's peoples problems with Mason Mount? when he plays good for 5 games hes an elite but when he has 1 bad game coming back from injury suddenly hes crap and deserves to be displaced? no wonder our fanbase gets insulted, joke comments from supposed Chelsea fans. Is it his fault Lamps dont pick Pulisic? not his fault he outdid Pulisic in training to earn his place. People seem to hate English players on here but which nationality players contributed the most for this team this season? someone tell me please? I'm curious..
joeingeo
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Lampard I am tired of this could have won matches of yours...You are too sentimental and you are still on favoritism... Pullisic has played Liverpool before and we won by his contributions why would he sit on the bench on the he could have played on a high morale? Look at your back four....y did you bench Zuma and Alonso.....Emerson is not that much important that he must play with injury as if we lack players. Even Mount was not supposed to pay but you rushed him in as if Pullisic can't perform.....Last time you said you benched Pullish based on experience but he started senior game before Abraham and Mount.... If Pullisic loses his pacing order we will hold you responsible..... Kepa should start sitting on the bench to be frank. He is just conceding unnecessarily but I think no one sees that... He does not call on his defenders too. Now let me warn you...Never you bench Kante, Azplicueta and Zuma for no reason because soon you will bring your baby boy James to kill Azplicueta....... Calm down and see your problems... You have good tactics but wrong selections and favoritism are your failure causes.....Please learn now before we go more below the table.......You are already getting on my nerves...
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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If anyone can name more than 4 English players in the entire Chelsea squad, I'll concede that Lampard has an English agenda, otherwise you guys are just being racist towards English players. So far who are the 5 best performers in Chelsea? Tammy Abraham, Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori, Ngolo Kante and Emerson. What a coincidence that 3 of 5 are English players. Drop your stupid agendas. Chelsea English players arent the same as the overrated ones in the national team.....
dennisachafu
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Lampard is very sentimental in his selections changes. With what Alonso played today, I don't think Emerson is anywhere close to him. Emerson has not recovered but Lampard pushed him into this type of high game and it backfired. Willian is another player in Chelsea that doesn't have end result. I don't know how many assist or goals that Willian scores in a season. He always hold on to balls too long, and when he finally decides to give a pass, he makes a horrible one. In my opinion, Mason Mount has not matured to play 90 minutes in every game. I expected Lampard to remove him and introduce Pulisic that has more eyes for passes and drimbling than him and Willian. Pulisic would have caused more trouble but Lampard decided to waste that substitution by bringing Bashuaye for Abraham. Every match people always say that they played well but lost. I attribute this to poor selections and horrible substitutions by Lampard.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Here is how it works. On the training pitch if you impress you get picked. Mount is clearly better than Willian, Pedro and Pulisic if hes being picked to play wing and that's evident by the fact that despite playing out of positions he boasts 2 or 3 goals out of 13 so far. As for Pulisic, the games he has played even as a late sub, he hasn't looked comfortable and on top of that. And if hes performing worse than Pedro and Willian in training, I rather not see him play tbh cos that's the lowest standard for a winger at Chelsea which is to be better than Pedro and Willian. On Merit Mount automatically gets in. What I think is that if Mount was Brazillian youd all call him the next big thing and say hea amazing but cos hes English everyone slates him and tries to criticise him and his abilities if he has 1 out of 6 off games. Imagine if Richarlison for example was English, the amount of hate he would get for being inconsistent is unreal. Players seem to get passes on AF cos of their nationality and some players get over criticised cos if their Nationality. English players despite what they do keep getting called not good enough on AF. So a possible 10 out of like 13 goals so far is not an acceptable return from English players at Chelsea?