JAKARTA - Chelsea lost 2-4 to Arsenal at Stamford Bridge Stadium in the 33rd week of the 2021/2022 Premier League, Thursday early this morning. The Blues coach, Thomas Tuchel said, the defeat could not be separated from the condition of the field.
The Blues were conceded first by Arsenal through a goal scored by Eddie Nketiah in the 13th minute. The goal was due to a blunder by Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen which Tuchel considered as a result of a poor field.
That moment then made Tuchel feel that the state of the field had more or less affected his team's appearance in this London Derby match.
"It's difficult to play on the pitch here. It might sound like an excuse, but it's very, very difficult to play on the pitch we have here," Tuchel said.
"It (the state of the pitch) was not in our favor. The ball bounced very strangely in front of Andreas," added Tuchel.
In addition to the field problems that triggered the Blues' defeat, the same source also said that the coach's frustrated condition made the team not perform well.
The reason is, previously Chelsea lost to Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals and fell 1-4 to Brentford.
"But we made the same mistake against Real Madrid," said the former Paris Saint-Germain coach.
"That's what made us fail to go to the next round in the Champions League, the result was to our disadvantage in this match," Tuchel continued.
This defeat to Arsenal is the second defeat experienced by Chelsea in the last three matches in the Premier League competition. This bad record has the potential to cause Chelsea to be evicted by Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, who are only five points behind them.
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