Taking a crazy approach – Tuchel finally reveals who to blame for disappointing 2-2 draw against Wolves
After Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Wolves on Saturday, manager Thomas Tuchel slammed his team’s lack of creativity and ability to create chances.
In the first half, the Blues scored two goals against Bruno Lage’s side, but both were disallowed. Romelu Lukaku managed to score two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half.
Despite the opportunities, the Blues dominated possession but were unable to create enough big chances for themselves.
Tuchel criticized his team for the paucity of chances they were able to produce in his post-match press conference, as part of his analysis of what went wrong against Wolves.
Tuchel said after the match: “It’s not about dropping too much, it’s about where we were losing the ball and the opponent taking a crazy approach,”
“Big chances that we don’t create, the pass is missing, the dribbling is wrong. At some point we played like we were 2-0 down not 2-0 up.
“We tried to change the structure, I don’t know if that was the right decision from me, I need to watch it back.”
When asked for his evaluation of his side’s performance in general, Tuchel responded as follows:
“I thought we started both halves well with an offensive 532. We knew about the risks and we need to be disciplined. We showed discipline over most moments of the first half. In situations we touch too much risk.
“That costed us some dangerous moments at the end of the first half. We were unlucky not to score, unsure if it was a foul in the first half. Reminded the players at half time to stick to the plan.
“We were 2-0 up and against we took too much risk. We invited the counter-attacks and big chances. Once you do this you lose confidence and invite the opponent to smell something is possible when it is unnecessary.”