Last year’s Champions League winners are having problems playing at their own stadium. It sound silly, bit it’s true. Chelsea have lost their last three games at Stamford Bridge, and what’s worse, they did it by conceiving 11 goals. In away games, they won against Middleborough and Crystal Palace in the Cup, Real in the Champions League and Southampton. And according to coach Thomas Tuchel, there is a reason to it – defensive performances and turf.That’s how you end a three-game losing streak – Arsenal beat Chelsea at Stamford BridgeAfter a 4-2 loss to Arsenal, the Blues not only suffered another 4 goal humiliation, but also allowed their London rival to jump back to the Champions League spot race with a win.“The pitch is difficult to play here, maybe it sounds like an excuse but it is a very difficult pitch here, not to our favour. The ball bounces very awkwardly in front of Andreas but still we had the same mistake against Real Madrid that cost us the next round in the Champions League. This one cost us this match” said the German after the defeat.pic.twitter.com/SvMDwMogno— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) April 20, 2022 Luckily for Tuchel, he didn’t dwell a lot on the state of the pitch, because it’s probably the dumbest possible excuse anyone can have, but quickly continued with the match analysis. This time, however, he didn’t felt the need to put the blame on his shoulders, but blamed it all on the players. “You cannot win football games like this. It’s impossible to do these things in consecutive matches and we’re doing it. You simply don’t see this, but we’re doing it at the moment. It’s not about individual players, it’s about the defensive performance. You need to have the tactics right, which is doubtful if I had this right. You need the team selection right, also doubtful if I had this right. Then it’s a game for the players. They get the full praise when they do it and they have to face the reality that it’s impossible to win matches like this is you make this amount of mistakes of this calibre. It has to stop” said angry Tuchel. 2 – Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka have both scored 10+ goals in the Premier League this season; just the third time two players aged 21 or under have done so for the same team in a campaign (Bridges & Kewell for Leeds in 99-00, Rooney & Ronaldo for Man Utd in 06-07). Jewels. pic.twitter.com/CeVp9fzTmX— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 20, 2022 What’s even worse for the German is a defeat from Arsenal, who was (at least until this game) in a result crisis on his own. In fact, in five clashes with the three best teams in the Premier League – Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea, the Gunners recorded five defeats with a goal difference of 1:15. And in the last five league games, they scored only two goals. The Gunners seemed to have run out of ammunition, but Chelsea’s errors allowed them to score four goals.“Look at the penalty, an unbelievable goal from our ball possession. There is no tactics behind it. We have three ball losses in 10 seconds and then a foul where there’s not even the slightest danger, and rob ourselves of six minutes maybe for the equaliser. There is nothing to analyse. It must be something. But obviously it’s possible to not do it because we proved it, and we thought we’d learned our lesson from Brentford and Real Madrid but obviously not” fumed Tuchel.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUERearranged matchesTuesdayLiverpool – Man.Utd 4-0 (2-0)/Diaz 5, Salah 22, 85, Mane 68/WednesdayEverton – Leicester 1-1 (0-1)/Richarlison 90+3 – Barnes 5/Chelsea – Arsenal 2-4 (2-2)/Werner 17, Azpilicueta 32 – Nketiah 13, 57, Smith Rowe 27, Saka 90+2 pen/Newcastle – Crystal Palace 1-0 (1-0)/Almiron 33/Man.City – Brighton 3-0 (2-0)/Mahrez 53, Foden 66, Silva 82/Thursday21:45: (2.85) Burnley (3.25) Southampton (2.75)***odds are subject to change***
