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Trainer Thomas Tuchel admits Chelsea did not look very good when they beat Crystal Palace 1-0. Chelsea really tired.
In the match at Selhurst Park on Saturday (19/2/2022) night WIB, Chelsea were indeed more dominant and aggressive than Palace. The Blues had 58% possession and made nine attempts (3 on target), compared to seven attempts (with none on goal) for the home team.
However, Chelsea were often offside and made quite a number of individual mistakes. In the process of winning Chelsea just arrived at the end of the game. Hakim Ziyech made the difference after scoring the only goal in the last two minutes.
Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel grateful for a narrow victory at home to Crystal Palace. Moreover, the West London team was not in ideal fitness condition after winning the 2021 Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi last weekend.
“We struggled and I don’t have high expectations of us in terms of performance because I know where we are coming from,” Tuchel told Metro. “We have two extra time to play in the FA Cup and the Club World Cup, we are a bit jet laggard, there is a temperature difference and everyone is feeling a little cold, feeling tired.”
“We are playing against a tough team at home here at Crystal Palace, so I don’t have high expectations,” continued the former Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain coach.
“I think we played solidly, especially defensively we were very disciplined. But of course we could have played better. But we got the three points anyway and this is very, very important for us.” Tuchel over Chelsea succeeded at the Crystal Palace headquarters.
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