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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/04/23/
tuchel--how-blues-can-defend-better

Tuchel: How Blues can defend better

23 Apr 2022


As the analysis of the Arsenal defeat continues with the aim of being
better in another home London derby on Sunday, Thomas Tuchel has cleared
his players of taking unnecessary risks as the goals have gone in at the
wrong end, although individual mistakes remain culpable.


https://i.imgur.com/ngn0OUP.jpg


The Blues go head to head with West Ham tomorrow, hoping to steady our
form at Stamford Bridge after three consecutive defeats there. We have a
five-point lead and a game in hand over Tottenham and Arsenal below us in
the Premier League table, but cannot afford continued slip-ups.


The 4-2 loss to the Gunners followed a strong response after our home
defeats against Brentford and Real Madrid, with good wins at Southampton
and at Wembley against Crystal Palace either side of an away victory in
Spain. Despite the latest setback midweek, Tuchel believes hunger to
succeed should outweigh fear of failure.


'I'm worried about the amount of mistakes of course,' he added. 'In the
Arsenal game the goals we concede are strange and we concede far more than
we allow in expected goals against us since the international break. In
2022 we've had already eight big mistakes that led to goals and this is
very untypical. Or maybe it is now typical for us, but it is strange.


https://i.imgur.com/XLKIVEj.jpg


'It costs us a lot because it not only costs you a goal for the other
side, it costs you self-confidence and belief in what you're doing. Edou
[Mendy] knows that he can do better against Real Madrid and he normally
does better. Andreas [Christensen] knows that it's the right decision to
play the ball back. It's not that we take crazy risks in situations and
that's why it's really hard to analyse.


'I would be more happy if we take risks in situations where it's not
allowed. Then we can talk about this to the players, that we've been crazy
dribbling or had crazy decisions where we should not do it, but actually
the decisions are okay.


https://i.imgur.com/gOPSZoY.jpg
Frustration during Wednesday's game against Arsenal


'If you look at the third goal [conceded against Arsenal], we lose the
ball, okay, and they have a counter-attack but then we win it with Thiago,
and then we give it back with Malang and then we have it again with Malang
and N'Golo Kante and in the end it's in the goal. It's very strange and
awkward but sometimes you have to maybe just accept it and it's
unexplained.'


While acknowledging there can be a difference in how players approach
games in different competitions and different situations, Tuchel will not
accept any drop off in effort, and says it is up to him push the squad to
be as ready as possible in any situation.


'It's human to be tired, it's human to be a bit more alert if it's a
knockout game than in a normal match,' he said.


https://i.imgur.com/kXB53Lj.jpg
Thomas Tuchel was happy with the performance last Sunday at Wembley


'It's okay to feel less tension before a normal match in the Premier
League than if you go to the Bernabeu. It's normal because it's maybe less
tension and it's less excitement and it's less pressure, but it cannot
lead to having less investment. This can never happen. We cannot run more
against Madrid or have more sprints or more effort.'


However the boss is satisfied that when a drop off in application occurred
in the Brentford and Real games at the Bridge, it was addressed suitably,
as seen by the three performances and results that followed and the data
on physical performance that was studied. He does not think those previous
failings at home reoccurred in the same way against Arsenal.


'That's why it's tough to really understand the reason why,' he admits,
before explaining one defensive shortcoming. 'It's a mix of big individual
error and a lack of commitment in one-on-one defending and we have proof
for it and the players know it and see it.


'We have to defend with more consequence in and around the box. You can do
it to a certain point with structure and with closing spaces, but you
arrive in the last 20 metres at a moment where you need to take care about
your individual challenge. We were not good enough in the game against
Arsenal to do this.


'Okay, there are also reasons for it. We had to change in the back three,
we had some changes in the formation, but still we can do better, we
should do better.'


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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/04/24/
tuchel-fears-home-form-holding-us-back

Tuchel fears home form holding us back

24 Apr 2022


Thomas Tuchel feels our recent disappointing home league defeats offered
prime examples of where his Chelsea team need to improve if we are to
challenge the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City for the Premier
League title in the future.


https://i.imgur.com/9lTmlPU.jpg


Our last two league fixtures at Stamford Bridge have both ended in losses
for the Blues, against Brentford and Arsenal, while Liverpool and Man City
have recorded further victories at their home stadiums to leave us 14
points behind the top two in the table, albeit with games in hand over
both the sides above us, including today's visit of West Ham United.


Going into the next home game, our head coach believes we need to start
making the Bridge an impossible place for opponents to come and pick up
points if we are to close the gap between ourselves and the top of the
Premier League table, believing we have the desire and talent to compete
for the title again.


'We tried hard,' said Tuchel. 'I would say that I tried everything and I
would say that everybody in the building tried everything and the players
as well. There is room for improvement and the gap is big but we are
competing with maybe the two most successful teams that ever played in
this league, so the stakes are high.


'Given the last two defeats here at home at Stamford Bridge, the gap is
bigger than it should be. Before that it was bigger than it should be and
I think it was due to circumstances, not due to our effort or quality. It
could have been smaller.


https://i.imgur.com/6MF5UuL.jpg
Tuchel talks to his players at Cobham ahead of today's home game against
West Ham


'At some point the gap opened. You see now dramatically in the last two
games against Brentford and Arsenal why the gap is that big. City and
Liverpool don't have these matches in their season.


'We are ninth in the home table, we conceded second-half goals to draw
against Burnley and Everton and they were absolutely games where we
dominated, where we had big chances, where we struggled to convert our
chances. From there the gap was growing, but we have to stay in the
moment.'


Given that Liverpool haven't dropped a single point at Anfield since
October, and Man City have only done so at the Etihad Stadium in two
matches during that time, one of which was a draw with the Merseyside
club, it is clear their home form provides them with an advantage over the
course of the season.


However, our performances in games against them this season give Tuchel
hope that we can equal their impressive consistency, both as a team and
individually.


'There is the difference. They are relentless in their results and they
don't allow much and we are more fragile at the moment. When we play, for
example, against Liverpool in home matches since I've been here, the gap
is very close and we give them a hard time. They have a hard time against
us, we have a hard time against them.


https://i.imgur.com/Eou2lcS.jpg
We drew home and away against Liverpool in the Premier League this season


'So it is the consistency, it is the consistency in the performance but if
you look at individual performances and you look at the top goalscorers
and assists in the league, you find a lot of Liverpool players who are the
very top of everything. We struggle to have these kind of numbers.'


Despite falling behind the two-way title fight in the Premier League this
season, Tuchel as no regrets about targeting Liverpool and Manchester City
as where his Chelsea team should be, as he believes it is better to aim
high and fall short than settle for easier goals.


'The effort is there, the ambition is there and it's no problem to be
ambitious and to maybe not reach it. It would not suit us if we played it
down and told everybody before the season that we open the bottles of
champagne if we are fourth. No, we tried, we tried hard.


'Right now we have to again be the best that we can be. There is room for
improvement, of course, and we will be ready for a good fight from next
season on, because right now the gap is too big.


'We do not feel ashamed and we should not feel ashamed and we should not
feel so disappointed that it holds us back to be good now, because there's
no shame in it. In general it is very tough to end up in the top four in
this league and from there we will try to compete.'

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