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The 22-year-old has spent the last three seasons out on loan - including a spell with French club Lo
The 22-year-old has spent the last three seasons out on loan - including a spell with French club Lorient in the last campaign - but impressed in Chelsea's win over Palace, as well as their Super Cup victory over Villarreal.
Arsenal vs Chelsea: Christian Pulisic to miss Premier League clash after returning positive Covid test
The news comes as a blow to the American winger, who has struggled with injuries during his time at Stamford Bridge but scored in Chelsea's opening day win over Crystal Palace last week.
Tuchel was handed better news regarding Hakim Ziyech and N'Golo Kante, though, with both players returning to training ahead of the trip to the Emirates Stadium after missing the Palace game.
Discussing his squad to face Arsenal, Tuchel said: "Christian is unfortunately pretty easy to explain. He had a positive test and needs to follow the protocol, so he was not in training and is not available for the game.
"Hakim and N'Golo were both in training today and had absolutely no problems. We need to have another more physical training session tomorrow with them but right now it seems very positive that both can be in the squad for Sunday."
Tuchel is also set to have record signing Romelu Lukaku available for Sunday's fixture, with the head coach saying: "We are hoping he is on the pitch for Sunday and things look like it."
Chelsea will travel to Arsenal as favourites following the Gunners' 2-0 defeat at newly-promoted Brentford in their first Premier League game of the season, and Tuchel is expecting Mikel Arteta's side to play up to their "underdogs" tag.
"They can play maybe the underdog role here because of the complications they have with the Covid situation, the difficulties they had in the first match.
"I think they will try to put themselves into the underdog role and fight from there, which is fair enough.
"It's on us to be absolutely focused and well aware of everything that they will ask us. They can hurt anybody if you're not concentrated."
"We had a pre-season match with not all the fans but we could see the atmosphere and the energy that this derby and this stadium can produce," the Chelsea boss said.
"At the same time, do what we need to do. Push the standards to the limit, let's see where out limit is, look for an intense game, rhythm and a confident game on and off the ball."
The 22-year-old has spent the last three seasons out on loan - including a spell with French club Lorient in the last campaign - but impressed in Chelsea's win over Palace, as well as their Super Cup victory over Villarreal.
Tuchel said: "He did a fantastic pre-season and he's a very good player. Even more important, he's a top character. He has both feet on the ground and took his chance very impressively.
The news comes as a blow to the American winger, who has struggled with injuries during his time at Stamford Bridge but scored in Chelsea's opening day win over Crystal Palace last week.
Tuchel was handed better news regarding Hakim Ziyech and N'Golo Kante, though, with both players returning to training ahead of the trip to the Emirates Stadium after missing the Palace game.
Discussing his squad to face Arsenal, Tuchel said: "Christian is unfortunately pretty easy to explain. He had a positive test and needs to follow the protocol, so he was not in training and is not available for the game.
"Hakim and N'Golo were both in training today and had absolutely no problems. We need to have another more physical training session tomorrow with them but right now it seems very positive that both can be in the squad for Sunday."
Tuchel is also set to have record signing Romelu Lukaku available for Sunday's fixture, with the head coach saying: "We are hoping he is on the pitch for Sunday and things look like it."
Chelsea will travel to Arsenal as favourites following the Gunners' 2-0 defeat at newly-promoted Brentford in their first Premier League game of the season, and Tuchel is expecting Mikel Arteta's side to play up to their "underdogs" tag.
"They can play maybe the underdog role here because of the complications they have with the Covid situation, the difficulties they had in the first match.
"I think they will try to put themselves into the underdog role and fight from there, which is fair enough.
"It's on us to be absolutely focused and well aware of everything that they will ask us. They can hurt anybody if you're not concentrated."
"We had a pre-season match with not all the fans but we could see the atmosphere and the energy that this derby and this stadium can produce," the Chelsea boss said.
"At the same time, do what we need to do. Push the standards to the limit, let's see where out limit is, look for an intense game, rhythm and a confident game on and off the ball."
The 22-year-old has spent the last three seasons out on loan - including a spell with French club Lorient in the last campaign - but impressed in Chelsea's win over Palace, as well as their Super Cup victory over Villarreal.
Tuchel said: "He did a fantastic pre-season and he's a very good player. Even more important, he's a top character. He has both feet on the ground and took his chance very impressively.