Tuchel refusing to ‘pretend nothing is happening’ following ‘average’ Chelsea performances

The
Blues
have
won
just
three
of
their
last
seven
games
across
all
competitions
and
just
one
of
their
last
four
–
a
narrow
2-1
Premier
League
victory
over
relegation-threatened
Watford.

Chelsea’s
last
two
results
have
been
particularly
disappointing,
losing
3-2
to
West
Ham
and
drawing
3-3
with
Zenit
in
the
Champions
League
despite
being
ahead
in
both
matches.

Tuchel
is
keen
to
address
the
issues
that
have
caused
his
side’s
slump
head-on,
but
revealed
that
he
is
not
worried
about
getting
back
on
track.

“If
you
have
the
lead
four
times
in
two
matches
and
you
escape
with
one
point
and
six
goals
conceded
it’s
not
the
moment
to
look
away
and
pretend
that
nothing
is
happening,”
Tuchel
said
ahead
of
Chelsea’s
clash
with
Leeds
United.

“It’s
still
a
matter
of
details
and
small
things
and
not
to
worry
about
the
big
picture.

“You
can
still
also
find
a
lot
of
arguments
why
it’s
like
this
and
in
the
end,
we
are
not
happy.
The
performances
are
not
horrible,
they
are,
in
some
moments,
average
and
average
looks
horrible
when
you
play
and
work
for
Chelsea.

“It’s
good
that
it’s
like
this
because
we
try
to
compete
on
the
highest
level.
The
last
two
games
were
very
unusual
for
us.
We
were
also
unlucky
in
these
moments
like
the
last
two
goals
we
conceded
were
not
perhaps
ones
you
would
usually
concede.

“It
is
back
to
basics
and
basics
on
the
highest
level.
We
are
in
this
together.
We
are
aware
of
it,
it
is
not
the
moment
to
worry
too
much
but
also
to
not
look
away.”

It’s
time
to
hear
from
Thomas
Tuchel
ahead
of

#CheLee
tomorrow!
????

https://t.co/95YusX6ZJO

—
Chelsea
FC
(@ChelseaFC)

December
10,
2021

Chelsea’s
last
two
home
Premier
League
matches
ended
in
draws
–
1-1
against
both
Burnley
and
Manchester
United
–
but
the
Blues
have
won
their
last
four
encounters
with
Leeds
at
Stamford
Bridge
and
will
hope
to
return
to
winning
ways
on
Saturday
(December
11).

In
all
competitions,
Leeds
have
lost
their
last
seven
meetings
with
reigning
European
champions,
stretching
back
to
a
1-0
win
over
Nottingham
Forest
in
December
1980.
Their
last
such
game
was
a
5-1
home
defeat
to
Chelsea
in
an
EFL
Cup
tie
in
December
2012.