Let us tell you a little story about journalists.There’s probably nothing so tasty for us than a smell/sound/a vision of a good story. When you feel that, you’re excited and somewhat ecstatic to tell the world about it.And there’s nothing so frustrating when someone or something ruins it for you at the very last moment. So when Chelsea failed to win last night at Zenit and succumbed to second place in the Champions League group H, our already well-prepared story of English dominance was torn into pieces.Rewrite it, change the title, intro, basically everything from start to end.And tell your readers a different but much more accurate story.So, still fancy engaging in the world of journalism?Jokes aside, Chelsea have spoiled it not (just) for us, but the entire Premier League and their elite sides.Young boys and old boys called upon against Young BoysBoth Manchester-based teams and Liverpool have been ruthless in their UCL campaign so far, winning their respective groups in a cold-blooded manner.They have left behind such formidable slots like PSG, Atletico Madrid, Villareal, Milan… However, for Chelsea, it was way too heavy to surpass Juventus. The Blues won 13 points, two less than Juve, who defeated them in the crucial tie a couple of weeks ago. But even with that loss, Thomas Tuchel’s boys were at the top and needed a sole win at Zenit to clinch first place. And we know how that ended up – with three conceded goals and a disappointing draw.He may appear useless in the Premier League, but Timo turns into a beast for the Champions LeagueOf course, it’s not the end of the world for the Stamford Bridge outfit, none of that, yet a crisis is blatantly apparent. Their winless streak has reached the third game in a row, and they’ve conceded a ludicrously high amount of six goals in the last two fixtures.Defense, what defense? West Ham score three goals past Mandy for a thrilling derby victory over ChelseaTuchel sees it like this…”It happened to us at West Ham, and it happened again today. The reaction was good again. That shows me that it’s not about what we can do because we can do it.A reserve Liverpool team led by Origi and Salah defeats MilanTuchel remains unsatisfied with the current state of affairs in west London.”My analysis is very clear: our behaviour changes when we have a lead, and this is something we never did, and we should never do.”We do the things that we want to do on the highest level, and we push ourselves, and it hurts, and it has to hurt.”You have to play through pain – physical pain – and you have to raise your level of concentration, and you have to overcome adversity.THU: 21.00: (1.85) ATALANTA (3.70) VILLAREAL (4.60)”If you change your behaviour because of the score, you allow the possibility to get punished. And it’s very easy; we need a higher level of sprints, a higher level of runs, a higher level of intensity and concentration.”It’s as easy as the basics. The basics need to be pushed onto a higher level while we are in the lead, ” concluded Tuchel.
