It was a change of scenery on Tuesday for the first time for training in the UAE. On the eve of our first outing in the Club World Cup, the team took to the pitch where the match will be played.
For the first two days after travelling to the tournament, the work was on pitches adjacent to the team hotel but a journey across Abu Dhabi on Tuesday afternoon took the players to the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium where Al Hilal will be the opposition tomorrow.It was training that started in sunlight and ended under the lights, conducted by Thomas Tuchel’s coaches in his continued absence, and the best images from it can be seen in our gallery below…