Tuchel Accepts Blame For Chelsea’s Defeat, Hails Team Performance


Chelsea’s coach Thomas Tuchel has partly taken the blame in Chelsea’s Carabao cup defeat to Liverpool last night.

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Recall that the world champions lost in a 11-10 penalty shootout after playing a goalless draw during the match.

The match which went into a 30 minutes of extra-time saw the Chelsea coach making a crucial substitution in the 118th minute of the match, bringing in second choice goalkeeper, Kepa, in place of first choice Mendy. This was however, the defining moment as Kepa could not save any of the 11` penalties played by the Liverpool players. Kepa himself lost his final spot kick which gave the trophy to Jurgen Klop’s men.

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Thomas Tuchel has now reacted to the overall team’s performance and his decision to introduce Kepa.
“It is bad for him, of course, but there is no blame. We took the decision, like we did last time in a penalty shoot-out, because Kepa is training with the players on a daily basis. They know how good he is, he simply has more time on the training ground to do these things than Edou who plays a lot more.
“So everybody knows how good he is, how difficult it is to shoot against him so that played a huge part in how well we shot today. Unfortunately he could not make a save, the penalties were brilliantly taken and it was a bit harsh on him today that he was the one to miss the one and only penalty, but there is no blame.

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“I only take the decisions when I want to take them. I cannot rejudge me decisions when I know what is the outcome. We don’t know what would have happened if we had left Edou on the pitch. This is how it is, so no blame on him.

“Of course blame on me, I am the guy who makes the decisions. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it does not work out, but this is life as a football coach.“
“I have a feeling that we created a bit more but maybe that’s also subjective. This game could easily have gone either way. You need a bit of luck, you need a bit of momentum to win it. If you look at the line for the goal disallowed by Romelu, it’s a bit of a weird line, where it’s drawn and then to make the decision that this is offside, but that’s it.

“We cannot have any regrets, I am very proud of the performance of the team, there were a lot of good things. I told the guys we should not lose sleep over this. It was an entertaining match of football full of intensity and I’m very happy to have the chance to be part of this. It was excellent.”
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