Thomas Tuchel has admitted that he is sympathetic to a Chelsea supporter who has faced César Aspilicueta after his side stumbled on a 4-2 defeat to Stamford Bridge by Arsenal.
The mood had erupted after Chelsea’s third home defeat in a row, and Aspilicueta seemed to do as well as he had when he faced an angry fan. “I wasn’t part of it, I saw it, but honestly, I can understand the fan,” Tuhel said. “It was a completely wild and open match in the first half, already at 2-2, after we came back twice.
“We had a good start, but again we scored the first goal outside, which is impossible to do these things in consecutive games. But we do. We came back twice and scored two more in the second half, unfortunately on the wrong side. This is the level of errors, the number of errors in consecutive matches here at home, it is impossible at this type of level. You don’t see that. It’s just impossible, but we’re doing it right now and you can’t win football games like this. “
Chelsea, who remain third, have conceded 11 goals in their last three home games. They could not cope with Arsenal, which breathed life into their challenge in the four thanks to two goals by Eddie Nketia, a fine shot by Emil Smith Rowe and a penalty from Bucaio Saka.
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Arsenal have lost their previous three games, but the victory over Chelsea equaled them in points with Tottenham with six remaining games. “I told the players, if you want to play football in the Champions League, you have to go to these stadiums and beat the best teams,” said Mikel Arteta.
“So they did, and I’m really proud of them, but I’m more proud of how we’ve reacted as a band in recent weeks. It gives me more energy to be here. ”
Arteta praised Saka for scoring his first penalty after missing the decisive Euro-final defeat in the Euro 2020 final.
“When it happened to Bucaio, it happened for a reason and he has come back so strongly since then,” said the Arsenal manager. “But for him to have the courage to say, ‘I’ll take it again,’ it must have been in his mind. It was hard for him to say, “I’ll do it.”
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