Thomas Tuchel has admitted that he has sided with the Chelsea supporter, who faced Cesar Aspilicueta after their 4-2 loss to Arsenal.
A fan of the Blues joined in a fierce exchange with the Chelsea captain after the last referee signal.
Chelsea were far from their best results against Arsenal on Wednesday night. Eddie Nketia’s Dubai, Bukayo Saka’s penalty and Emil Smith Rowe’s impressive finish sealed the victory for the Gunners.
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Chelsea have already conceded 11 goals in their last three games at Stamford Bridge, leaving unimpressive Tuhel, who refused to defend his players.
Asked about Aspilicueta’s exchange with the supporter, Tuhel replied: “I was not part of it, I saw it, but honestly, I can understand the fan.
“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.
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“We came back twice and scored two more in the second half, unfortunately for the wrong side.
“This is a level of errors, the number of errors in consecutive matches here at home, this 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.
“It’s not about individual players. Defensive performance is team performance and offensive performance is team performance.
“You have to have the right tactics, which is doubtful that I had that right, and you need the right choice of team, again it is doubtful that I had that right.
“Then it’s a game for the players. They get full praise when they do it, when they did it in the last three games.
“And they have to face the reality that it is impossible to win matches if you make so many mistakes of this caliber. It’s just impossible. I don’t see him in other matches, but now I see him in another match of our games and he has to stop. “
England striker Saka took the late penalty to seal Arsenal’s second victory in six Premier League games.
The victory brought the Gunners back into the race for a place in the top four, leveling Mikel Arteta’s side position in points with fourth-placed Tottenham.
Saka chased away the demons from his last Euro 2020 shot, realizing his first point hit for the gunners.
Arteta revealed that Gabriel Martinelli was expected to take the penalty, but he congratulated Saka for holding his nerves.
“I thought Gabby would take it when I saw that Bucaio took it, honestly, my first thing was that he came back in the summer and what happened,” Arteta said.
“When this happened to Bukayo, it happened for a reason, and he has come back so strongly ever since.
“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.”
“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.
“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. ”
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