Tuchel finally reveals who to blame for Chelsea’s 4-0 defeat to Arsenal in final Pre-Season game
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has reveals who to blame for Chelsea’s 4-0 defeat to Arsenal in their final match of their pre-season tour of the United States.
However, Goals from Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Sambi Lokonga saw Chelsea fall to defeat in their worst result of pre-season so far.
At the same time, Chelsea started the final game of the tour with a back four and trailed 2-0 at the break. Tuchel’s team continued to concede two goals in the second quarter despite changing their personnel and strategy to a back three.
Tuchel contends that his team’s lack of dedication and discipline is their fault.
Tuchel said when asked about the performance of his side: “I think we deserved to lose, which is fair enough, because we were simply not good enough.
“The worrying part is the level of commitment physically and mentally was far higher for Arsenal than us.
“We can argue they had their strongest line up, it was not our strongest line up and this is part of an explanation but only a little part.
“I don’t remember losing 4-0 in pre-season or two in a row. I’m a huge fan of a strong preseason, but not in a way that a good preseason has to mean a good season.”
Chelsea have been without N’Golo Kante and Ruben Loftus-Cheek for the tour of the United States, with both players remaining in England due to their vaccination status.
However, the German continued to reveal that the exclusion of some of his key players was not the only reason for the defeat.
He continued to make a brutally honest admission regarding the headspace of some of his players.
“I saw a team in Arsenal who are mentally committed to a level of exhaustion that we could not match physically and mentally because we have a lot of players who are thinking about leaving and looking at their options. I think that’s obvious,” he continued.