Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea “scored 5 goals” in 4-2 defeat to Arsenal before blaming the pitch

Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea “scored 5 goals” in 4-2 defeat to Arsenal before blaming the pitch

After Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to Arsenal, Thomas Tuchel slammed his team’s defending and the Stamford Bridge field.

Emile Smith Rowe scored Arsenal’s second goal after a nice team move and a crisp finish. Their other three goals, though, were directly as a result of Chelsea players’ mistakes.

Eddie Nketiah scored Arsenal’s first goal after Andreas Christensen made a short back-pass.

Following Malang Sarr’s failure to clear the ball, Nketiah scored his team’s third goal.

Arsenal’s final goal came from the penalty spot, when captain Cesar Azpilicueta fouled Bukayo Saka, who stepped up to score himself.

Chelsea’s scorers were Timo Werner and Cesar Azpilicueta.

Tuchel told Sky Sports after the game: “We scored five goals and lost 4-2.

“Three own goals, two regular goals for us and one for Arsenal. That makes it 4-2.

“I don’t know if it’s a defensive lack of conviction. If we have ball possession and invite these kind of mistakes, the opponent will score.

“I cannot remember any mistake in our favor of this calibre, of this quality.

“We don’t get these goals, we give these goals away here in consecutive games, you cannot win Premier League matches like that.”

Tuchel addressed another issue with the media after blaming human mistake during his chat with Sky Sports.

“To say that the pitch is difficult to play here sounds like an excuse, but it is,” Tuchel said, as quoted by The Athletic.

“It is a very difficult pitch we have here. It’s not to our favor.

“The ball bounces very awkwardly in front of Andreas when he runs to play the ball. We had the same mistake against Real Madrid.”

Chelsea have now lost three consecutive home games, having been defeated 4-1 by Brentford and 3-1 by Real Madrid.

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Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea “scored 5 goals” in 4-2 defeat to Arsenal before blaming the pitch