Injuries, Covid, and unfair refereeing decisions left Thomas Tuchel infuriated as Chelsea drew against Brighton on Wednesday.
Thomas Tuchel expressed his frustration following Chelsea’s draw against Brighton in the Premier League on Wednesday night.
The German boss was furious that VAR did not get involved when Christian Pulisic appealed for a penalty in the second 45 minutes.
In addition, Tuchel was not happy as Reece James and Andreas Christensen were injured. A late Danny Welbeck equaliser was the end of the Blues manager’s patience.
Tuchel told Amazon: “We have a horrible decision from the referee for 2-0. It wasn’t even checked. Everything against us. We have two injuries again.”
“The penalty is a joke, honestly a joke, not to interfere from VAR.”
“We simply have too many players coming back from long injuries and Covid. The injury of Reece James was a huge blow. Andreas was one of the top players on the pitch and at some point, it is too much against a Brighton team with nothing to lose.”
Tuchel was asked if Chelsea are still in the title race, he replied with: “How should we be in it? We have seven Covid cases. We have five or six players out for six or more weeks. How should we compete in a title race?
“Everyone else who has a full squad, everybody in training has the full power to come through this league. We would be stupid to think we can do it [with] Covid and injuries.”
“This is the reality, this is where we are and we have to adapt to the demands of the situation which you are in. This is what I am saying. We competed very hard for the win at Brighton at home. I don’t know what I can expect from my players in terms of physicality, intensity or minutes. Nobody knows anymore because we have never done something like this.”
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