Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel admits to being “worried” about his side’s top-four bid after the home goalless draw against Brighton.
Chelsea played to a goalless draw with 10-man Brighton at Stamford Bridge and their coach is not pleased with it. Tuchel conceded that he ‘will never be pleased’ with a point at home.
Chelsea squandered their chance to leap past West Ham and Leicester to third place after failing to push for a win. However, Tuchel has admitted his side rode their luck.
“I fear I will never be pleased with a point at Stamford Bridge,” Tuchel said.
“It was clearly our target to win the home match, even if we knew it’s a tough one. I was a bit concerned about the physical impact of traveling of Porto and Man City,” he added.
“But we decided to let the team play with not so many changes between Porto and Man City,” he continued.
Surprisingly, Tuchel admits they had enough chance to the net but they failed. He cites his side lack of sharpness to fixture congestion.
“Today we had enough changes to be a bit fresher,” Tuchel admitted.
“Maybe we lacked one day in between matches to be a bit more relaxed, to be a bit fresher. But we have to admit also there were huge distractions on our game,” the German added.
“Given all the circumstances, we are clearly not happy. But, have to accept we did not deserve more today, which was maybe for the first time.
“We will see if it’s in our hands for the top four,” The former PSG coach said.
“We missed chances in our two home matches which worries me a little bit. But that’s how it is and we have to keep ongoing.
“Brighton were very strong, a very underrated team,” he admits.