Tuchel was pleased with Chelsea comfortably beating Leicester City 3-0 at King Power Stadium in the Premier League.
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Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was understandably happy with his players’ performance in the comfortable victory over Leicester City in the Premier League on Saturday. The Blues came away from the King Power Stadium with a 3-0 victory thanks to goals from Antonio Rudiger, N’Golo Kante and Christian Pulisic. The margin of the result could have been larger given that the Blues had the ball in the back of the net on a further three occasions, only to see them ruled out for offside. Despite the dominant outing, the manager felt that they could have finished the game earlier. “We could have finished the game with a third one earlier,” he said after the match, according to the club’s website.
“There are still things to improve, technical things, decision making and conversion from our chances. But it was a good performance and we needed it, to get a deserved win and a clean sheet and we did deserve it. I think we played a good game, a good away game, we have an excellent result so it’s a good mix, we created a lot of chances and half-chances, were a bit unlucky with the offside decisions, but I’m happy we created and never stopped creating and that was the key.”
He added: “You have to decide the game when it’s possible to decide. I thought we could be more precise, we could be more clinical in the last third in the first half because we played with such effort, we had such good ball recoveries high up the pitch, we were good in finding the spaces with the ball. Of course we all know that a third goal would have decided the match pretty sure.
“With a two-goal lead you are pretty comfortable but you can never be completely comfortable. One goal, one set-piece, one deflected shot can change the whole momentum and suddenly you struggle when it’s not necessary. I am happy but there’s always room for improvement. The players know very well when they do a good match and they did a good match today. It is a team effort and it was a huge effort that we put into attacking and defending, and I’m happy that the team got the win they deserved.”
Tuchel also explained the thinking behind giving wing-backs Ben Chilwell and Reece James attacking freedom. “We know, the whole team, me included, the places we can take risks and adapt our positions. Not to go full over-confident, not to do crazy stuff, but to have a bit of wild momentum and a bit of freedom in our attacking movements. I think the wing-back positions can also adapt their positions to half-positions and to support our attackers,” he added.
“I think it’s a matter of repetition, a matter of understanding with each other, and at the moment they do very good, no matter who plays. Azpi has had fantastic matches in this position and also Marcos Alonso, today it was Reecey and Chilly. We want to be dangerous from certain spaces and to accelerate the game in certain spaces so they are allowed to do it.”
