‘Two key reasons for Chelsea’s UCL exit’ – Tuchel finally reveals who to blame for Chelsea exit
Speaking after the game, Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admitted that he was proud of his team’s effort, although disappointed with the outcome of the game.
“We are very disappointed and very proud at the same time,” said the boss.
“We played a fantastic match. We deserved what we had. We scored four goals, we had big chances to score more.”
Tuchel blamed luck and two mistakes as the key reason for Chelsea’s exit.
He said: “We were unlucky. We got beaten by pure individual quality and offensive conversion.
“We had two mistakes after ball wins, the most crucial moments in games against Real Madrid. We deserved to go through after this performance, but it was not meant to be. You need luck in games like this and it was not on our side.
“They did not create a lot at Stamford Bridge, but they took every half chance. You have to reduce your mistakes and we could not reduce it to an absolute minimum over the two legs. But there are no regrets. These are the kind of defeats you can take with pride and accept as a sportsman.”