Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel took intention on the Stamford Bridge pitch for his aspect’s current woes, together with the 4-2 defeat to Arsenal.
The Blues received at Wembley on Sunday to achieve the FA Cup ultimate, however that papered over the cracks of a poor run of kind at residence. The truth is, Wednesday’s loss to the Gunners was their third successive residence defeat for the primary time in 28 years.
Chelsea have additionally conceded 11 targets in that run. What’s extra, Arsenal’s 4 targets got here after that they had solely scored one of their earlier three video games.
Talking in an interview with Sky Sports activities, Tuchel insisted that “dramatic” and “utterly particular person errors” price the Blues of their newest London derby.
Cesar Azpilicueta scored to make it 2-2 earlier than half time within the thrilling contest. Nonetheless, he was at fault for a misplaced cross which led to Eddie Nketiah’s second objective. The Spaniard additionally conceded a penalty which Bukayo Saka received and scored.
Andreas Christensen was additionally within the highlight. It was his misplaced back-pass which Nketiah stole in on to open the scoring for Arsenal early on.
And regardless of blaming particular person errors, Tuchel modified his tune in his post-match press convention to the broader media.
He mentioned: “To say that the pitch is tough to play right here possibly appears like an excuse however it’s a very, very tough pitch that we’ve right here.
“It’s to not our favour and the ball bounces very, very awkwardly in entrance of Andreas when he needs to play this ball.”
Regardless of the supply of Chelsea’s woes, Tuchel spared no sympathy for his aspect’s efficiency. He claimed that he can’t bear in mind such errors in his time in cost.
Talking to Sky, he added: “We scored 5 targets and misplaced 4-2, that’s simple. Three personal targets and two common targets for us and one for Arsenal and that makes it 4-2.
“I don’t know if it’s a defensive lack of conviction. If we’ve ball possession we invite these type of errors for the opponent to attain.
“I can’t bear in mind any mistake in our favour of this calibre, of this high quality. We don’t get these targets, we give these targets away right here in consecutive video games and you can not win Premier League matches.”
Tuchel continues Chelsea tirade
Chelsea had really received their previous three video games – one in all which was tutorial – coming into the conflict with Arsenal.
They beat Southampton 6-0 away from residence after which beat Actual Madrid within the Champions League quarter-final second leg. However, Madrid received 5-4 on combination.
Certainly, their 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge helped. That end result got here after Brentford received 4-1 there.
Requested if the Arsenal end result was shocking amid his aspect’s good current kind, Tuchel mentioned: “Yeah after which we determined to present a objective away for completely nothing.
“We did the identical towards Actual Madrid and Brentford and it price us Champions League.”
Requested how he’ll reply this time, he added: “”I don’t know, really I don’t know.”
Chelsea return to motion towards West Ham – once more at Stamford Bridge – on Sunday.