Tuchel: 'Arsenal is more mentally and physically'
"Chelsea was completely defeated by a club that did not play in the Champions League this season," Tuchel said after defeat at Camping World, Florida. Coach Duc also admitted that he could not talk about the Premier League championship in the season 2022-2023 with Man City or Liverpool.
In the London derby in the United States, Arsenal entered the excitement and led 2-0 before the break, thanks to Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard. In the second half, the "Gunners" replaced many key positions and actively kicked slowly, but still scored two more goals with Bukayo Saka's stone phase and the cross -angle header in the injury time of Albert Sambi Lokonga.
This result made Chelsea through the US tour. Before losing to Arsenal, "The Blues" also lost to the MLS Charlotte Club 3-5 in the penalty shootout and only won the representative of Mexico Club America 2-1 in Las Vegas.
Once said that Charlotte was more determined than Chelsea, Tuchel once again questioned the spirit of the students after the defeat in Florida. "Chelsea is simply not good," the 48 -year -old coach said. "We kicked without competition. The worrying thing is that Chelsea's commitment, physical and mental commitment. In this part, Arsenal is much better."
On the Camping World, Chelsea only created a dangerous opportunity - the cross -angle shot of Mason Mount at the end of the first half. "Still the old players, so why can everything change?", Tuchel was disappointed with the attack.
Duc coach is not satisfied with the transfer and wants Chelsea to continue strengthening forces. The new team recruited two rookies, the center -back Kalidou Koulibaly and striker Raheem Sterling. In the opposite direction, they broke up with Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen in a free form, and pushed Romelu Lukaku to Inter on a loan.
Tuchel also identified many Chelsea players who want to leave and no longer devoted themselves to the club, with the duo Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta in Barca's sights, and Timo Werner's future is also questioned. "Chelsea was punished and many players left. I also know many other players want to leave and that's the problem," Tuchel said.
The Chelsea coach denied overlowing the results of the friendly matches in the season. Tuchel said: "I do not remember whether you lost the pre-season match with a score of 0-4, or could not win two matches in a row. God, feeling, performance to confidence ".
On July 30, Chelsea kicked the last friendly match against the host Udinese, then marched to Everton to play the opening match of the Premier League for a week.
