Tuchel slams Chelsea player performance despite win over Leicester
Thomas Tuchel, the manager of Chelsea, criticized Conor Gallagher for receiving a red card during their 2-1 victory over Leicester City on Saturday.
Gallagher received two cautions in the opening period when making his Blues debut at home.
On the midfielder being sent off for two bookable offences in the opening 28 minutes, Tuchel said: “You can’t make the [second] challenge if you have a yellow card after 20 or 25 minutes.
“The challenge was a clear yellow card and gave us a huge disadvantage. There was no reason to make this decision [from Gallagher].”
“In the last 15 minutes once or twice we were lucky to not concede an equaliser.”
Furthermore, Tuchel also hailed Silva who commanded the rearguard, as Chelsea withstood late pressure from the Foxes.
He said: “It suited him. He likes sitting deep and defending the box – he’s maybe one of the best in the world to defend in the box. We played a back five in the second half to not get caught.”