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Jamie Carragher made up a clever lie about Thomas Tuchel to extract some exclusive details from Chelsea star Noni Madueke on Monday night.
Madueke scored Chelsea's third goal against Wolves on Monday night to continue his impressive form and set the stage for more England action after his debut in September.
Tuchel has been attending Premier League matches after starting his role as England head coach this month, and Carragher used that as inspiration for his stunt.
Interviewing Madueke on Sky Sports after Chelsea's 3-1 win, he said: “Noni, Thomas Tuchel was watching the game tonight, we spoke to him right after the game and he said you were the standout figure.” You must be very happy about that?'
In his response, Madueke revealed a reserved detail. “I talked to him earlier this week and we laughed about the game,” he said.
“I told him I had scored a hat-trick in the previous game and he said, 'Well, then you better score again.' I'm happy I was able to do it and that he thought I played well today.”
Jamie Carragher tricked Noni Madueke into revealing a secret detail about Thomas Tuchel on Monday Night Football
Madueke scored against Wolves at Stamford Bridge, his fourth against them this season.
Carragher tricked Madueke into believing Tuchel had congratulated him after the match, and the youngster revealed they had had a private conversation last week.
Monday Night Football host David Jones was laughing the entire time and chimed in: “I feel like I need to clarify, Noni, Jamie is having one of his problems.”
Madueke saw the funny side and laughed. “No, that's a good one…that's well interpreted of you,” he said.
The 22-year-old has had good luck against Wolves this campaign, having scored a hat-trick against them at Molineux in August.
He was booed and jeered from the first minute that day after accidentally posting a rude message about Wolverhampton on the eve of the match.
Madueke uploaded, then quickly deleted, a message on her Instagram story. The post was tagged with the city of Wolverhampton and the message read: “Everything in this place is shit.” It was quickly deleted, but followers took a screenshot and it went viral.
Madueke followed up with another message that read: 'Damn wrong Instagram account… They are too fast.'
He also apologized: “I just want to apologize to everyone I may have offended.” It's just a human error, an accident. It wasn't meant to appear like this on my social media. I'm sure Wolverhampton is a nice city and I'm sorry.
With seven goals to his name this season, he is just one shy of last season's tally and hopes to become one of Tuchel's trusted stars ahead of next year's World Cup.
Chelsea once again overtook Manchester City and moved into fourth place in the Premier League with their victory over Wolves.