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Tuchel: Why we played Brentford at worst moment and whether Werner
interview bothered him

02 Apr 2022


Today the Blues take on the Bees for the third time this season with
lessons learned from the previous encounters.


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


Thomas Tuchel's side won both the matches without conceding, although no
one would say either game was easy, with some stout defending and good
goalkeeping from both Edou Mendy and Kepa required.


In the first meeting, the Premier League match that was our first visit to
Brentford's new stadium, we were put under especially heavy pressure late
on in the game, at a stage in the season when our opponents were seventh
in the league table. They have not reached that height since and currently
lie 15th.


Tuchel assesses that variation in form ahead of welcoming our fellow west
Londoners for their first Premier League match at Stamford Bridge.


'As a newcomer in the toughest league in the world, I think they expected
to not fly through the season like they started,' he says.


'When we played against them in the first match, it was one of the worst
moments to play them because they were absolutely flying, they were full
of positivity and full of belief. We played a very good match and
struggled in the last 18 minutes like crazy, and we needed to defend and
needed a lot of luck to escape with three points.


https://i.imgur.com/Nmd1Xmh.jpg
Jorginho scoring a penalty in the cup win at Brentford


'We had another match against them at Brentford in the Carabao Cup and we
played very well and had learned from our first match, and that is the
challenge for today.


'Brentford played for a long period in the season in a 5-3-2, and now they
change in the last games to a 4-3-3, so let's see what they will do
today,' Tuchel added.


'They are still a very physical team, they are still a very direct team,
they are still a team that rely heavily on set-pieces, so we know about it
and we need to be ready. We expect a tough one again.'


Since we played those two previous games this season, Brentford have
signed Christian Eriksen who played his first three games for them in the
lead-up to the international break, and then scored for Denmark last
Saturday on his return for his nation following his medical emergency at
the Euros in the summer.


'It is brilliant he is back and back in the Premier League and has the
chance to enjoy football on this kind of level,' says Tuchel. 'It's
perfect news and it is a wonderful story.'


Like Eriksen, our own Timo Werner was one to score in the round of
internationals just completed, which led to reports of the striker saying
Germany's style of play may suit him better than Chelsea's. Tuchel
believes creative journalism was involved.


'Some of my staff told me about the interview, I did not even look at it.
They told me they [the reporters] really wanted to have this kind of line
because Timo was struggling to find the good answer to the question.


'All the respect but maybe it also depends a little bit on the opponent if
you score or don't score. Many teams in the Premier League are a bit
better than the teams they [Germany] played against in the last weeks.


https://i.imgur.com/4WfFVVc.jpg
Werner on Germany duty


'In general, I don't take these things too personally. First of all, I
never read them and I will not listen to them. I don't care too much about
these things, otherwise you have a headache all the time.'

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Hoddle: 'Matthew will be sitting up there looking down now and

loving Chelsea being winners. He'll just love Chelsea winning.'


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