First defeat: It was a bad day for Chelsea everything went wrong – Tuchel

Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, has described his wards 2-5 home loss as a bad omen, saying everything went in the wrong directions at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues suffered a shock 5-2 defeat at home to West Brom, who had previously won just twice since the start of December. Tuchel also received the baptism of fire since he assumed to lead the club technical crew.

Well, what an afternoon that was for Chelsea.

It started well enough with Christian Pulisic putting the Blues ahead but then things went south very quickly. Thiago Silva was sent off, Mathues Pereira scored twice before halftime, and in the second period, Thomas Tuchel’s side capitulated.

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Mbaye Diagne struck and Callum Robinson netted a brace either side of a goal from Mason Mount which gave Chelsea fleeting hope.

This was hardly the ideal preparation for Wednesday night’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Porto and we’ll have Thomas Tuchel’s reaction to the defeat momentarily.

“Everything that went wrong went wrong, every shot from them was a goal. I didn’t see it coming. We have to take responsibility, shake it off, and digest it.”

He said, “It is two games, 11 v 11 and then 11 v 10. There is no need to concede five goals when you have our quality, that’s for sure but we are all in on that. Myself included.

“We could not adapt to the situation which is a surprise as we were leading. We are normally confident enough to defend but we were sloppy and kept making big mistakes. We were punished hard and it’s tough to digest.

“I didn’t see the red card, I saw the two big mistakes in our own half before the yellow cards. That is not typical for us, we were rusty. We made easy mistakes and were punished. It was totally our fault.

“I did not see that second half coming. We tried to give a bit of security with a back three but we were never in a flow. We had some chances but we didn’t defend well.”

Tuchel insists everything went for West Brom on the day.

“There was nothing so much until the red card came. After that, we were unable to cope with the situation. I don’t know why.

“We gave away two very easy goals. What could go wrong went wrong after the red card. We have to accept the big loss. We did big mistakes before the two yellow cards. There were too many easy ball losses. It was impossible for us to accept the situation.

“Every shot was a goal from them. Clearly, it was not our day today. We will get the right response. First of all, it’s important we digest it. I did not see it coming, now we have to take our responsibilities – I included – and shake it off.”