Chelsea boss Tuchel slams Stamford Bridge pitch after Arsenal loss – 'Not in our favour'

Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel accepted blame for techniques and workforce choice after dropping 4-2 at house to Arsenal on Wednesday night, however proceeded to level out difficulties with the Stamford Bridge pitch throughout his post-match press duties. Blues defender Andreas Christensen was excused for his particular person error which led to the Gunners’ opening objective as Tuchel identified that the identical pitch troubled had harm them earlier than. 

Chelsea and Arsenal performed out a breathless encounter wherein Eddie Nketiah rewarded Mikel Arteta’s religion with a powerful brace at Stamford Bridge. The teenager was joined on the scoresheet by Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka, with Timo Werner and Cesar Azpilicueta’s duo of first-half objectives proving to be in useless. 

After the ultimate whistle, Tuchel was regretful about his workforce’s particular person errors. Andreas Christensen clumsily gave the ball awar for Arsenal’s opener, however the boss additionally identified uncommon points with the house pitch. “We have to have the techniques proper, it is uncertain if I had this proper, and also you want the workforce choice proper, it is uncertain I bought that proper,” he admitted.

“It’s a very troublesome pitch we’ve got right here. It is to not our favor. The ball bounces very awkwardly in entrance of Andreas… We had the identical mistake towards Actual Madrid.”

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