‘Simply not good enough’ – Thomas Tuchel questions Chelsea’s commitment after 4-0 defeat to Arsenal in friendly

Thomas Tuchel called the commitment of his Chelsea players into question after a strong Blues side were thrashed 4-0 by Arsenal in a pre-season friendly in Orlando. Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Albert Sambi Lokonga were on the scoresheet as Arsenal brushed their London rivals aside at the Camping World Stadium. Ad/> It was a worrying performance from Chelsea just two weeks ahead of the season considering many of their usual first-team regulars started the game, including Edouard Mendy, Reece James, Jorginho and Mason Mount.

New signing Raheem Sterling also featured, while Kalidou Koulibaly was introduced for a 17-minute cameo — his first appearance since signing from Napoli. /> Euro 2022'They're so unified' — Could France finally break their curse at Euro 2022?AN HOUR AGO «I think we deserved to lose — which is fair enough — because we were simply not good enough,» Tuchel told a post-match press conference. /> «We were absolutely not competitive.

The worrying part is the level of commitment, physically and mentally, for this match was not the same, it was far higher for Arsenal than us. »We can argue they played with I think their strongest line-up; they've had now together several weeks and for more than one year. They've strengthened their line-up, played the same structure, and this is the line-up they'll try to start Premier League games.

«It was not our strongest line-up and this is part of an explanation, but only a little part. The other part is worrying. »The analysing of the season does not change because of this game.