Tuchel also used Mount as an example of how vital it is to have an honest relationship with the squad and for the players to be open to criticism as well as praise.
Our head coach felt the 22-year-old could have done better with his positioning during the first-half of our tough 1-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg, but was much more pleased with the way Mount took the feedback from Tuchel and his staff on board and improved after the break.
‘I was not absolutely happy with everything he did,’ added our head coach. ‘This is also part of the coaching, we are not only patting ourselves on the back. This is part of how we are together. If we are not happy, we tell the players what we are not happy with and then they know it. It’s straightforward and he had a good second half playing in slightly different spaces.’