Furious Thomas Tuchel snaps at Des Kelly in BT Sport interview - "What do you expect?"

Thomas Tuchel hit out in his post-match interview questioning how he could smile after seeing his Chelsea side lose 3-1 to Real Madrid.

The defeat at Stamford Bridge leaves the Blues with an uphill task ahead of the return leg in the Spanish capital. The defending European champions produced a poor first-half showing as they went in 2-1 down at the break before a catastrophic error from Edouard Mendy gifted Madrid a third second into the second 45.

Karim Benzema was the man to net all three and it means Chelsea will have to win by at least two goals to force extra-time in the Bernabeu. Los Blancos were able to seize on several errors by the home side, which will have come as a huge frustration to their German manager.

He spoke candidly in his post-match debrief on BT Sport and responded emphatically when Des Kelly commented on his downbeat demeanour. Tuchel said: "What do you expect from me? To smile? Of course, I am down.

Tuchel was also keen on focusing on their next match, which is against Southampton, with many trying to turn the spotlight on the return game against Madrid. He added when quizzed on the second leg: "No, we don't have to go to Madrid we have to go Southampton and it is very important to process this. It is crucial that we go to Southampton. If we keep playing like this we will lose at Southampton and then we will get hammered at Bernabeu."

He also said: "It is a heavy loss. It was one of the worst first halves that I saw from us here at Stamford Bridge. Individually and as a team it was by far not enough. It was far from our standards and then you lose games. Passing, where we passed, how we passed when we passed, when we attacked, the ball possession game... first half was so from any standards