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Here is your Chelsea morning digest on Thursday, April 21.

Thomas Tuchel seemed to blame the Stamford Bridge pitch for Chelsea's 4-2 loss to Arsenal last night. Eddie Nketiah’s first-ever Gunners brace, Bukayo Saka’s penalty and a neat Emile Smith Rowe finish picked apart a sloppy Chelsea on Wednesday night.

Chelsea have now leaked 11 goals in their last three matches at Stamford Bridge, and Tuchel was far from impressed after the game. In fact, he seemed to blame the pitch for some of the goals conceded.

"To say the pitch is difficult to play here it maybe sounds like an excuse, but it is a very, very difficult pitch that we have here," the German said. "It's not in our favour.

Every word a frustrated Thomas Tuchel said on Chelsea mistakes, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Lukaku

"The ball bounces very awkwardly in front of Andreas [Christensen] when he wants to play this ball. But still, we had the same mistake against Real Madrid that cost us the next round of the Champions League, and this one cost us the next match. I can't remember when we got two goals like this."

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Chelsea bidders Steve Pagliuca and Larry Tanenbaum have made a pledge to long-term commitment in potentially buying the football club. The billionaires have experience in sports ownership, already putting money into the Boston Celtics and Toronto Maple Leafs in America.

Speaking to Sky News, Pagliuca said: “Larry and I have known each other for over