Tuchel answers accusations of Chelsea getting tired

DBasia.news – Chelsea surprisingly had to lose when they traveled to West Ham United headquarters in the 2021-2022 Premier League continued. The Blues seemed to be running out of steam.

In the match which took place at the London Stadium, Saturday (4/12), Chelsea were defeated by a score of 2-3. Even though the visitors had won twice.

Chelsea closed the first half with a 2-1 advantage. Two goals from Thiago Silva in the 28th minute and Mason Mount (44) was only managed to reply once by West Ham through Manuel Lanzini’s penalty in the 40th minute.

Entering the second half, Chelsea still controlled the game. But the fighting spirit of the West Ham players defeated Thomas Tuchel’s team.

West Ham was dramatically able to rise and turn things around. Arthur Masuaku’s goal in the 87th minute completed the hosts’ comeback after Jarrod Bowen equalized early in the second half.

This is the second time in the last three games Chelsea failed to reach full points. Previously, Manchester United was also able to steal a point at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea’s only win in that period occurred at home to Watford, in the middle of last week. But that result was also achieved through a less convincing game.

The assumption of them running out of steam was firmly denied by Tuchel. He considered his team only lost concentration in a few moments.

“I don’t see our performance dropping against Man United or today. I think our performance was enough to win the game, but what we clearly saw was that we gave away goals easily and this is very unusual,” Tuchel said after the match.

“We made big mistakes which resulted in big chances which resulted in easy goals. We are doing this now in three games against Man United, Watford and today.”

“If you do this at this level you can’t expect results,” he added.

The defeat against West Ham has made Chelsea step down from the top of the standings.

The team from London was immediately overtaken by two rivals at once, Manchester City and Liverpool.

But Tuchel was reluctant to panic. He believes his team’s chances of winning the title are still wide open.

“It’s normal to be tired through the Premier League in the winter. It’s a question of precision, detail, risk management, where you take it and avoid it.”