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Thomas Tuchel gave an extremely damning verdict of Chelsea's chances of overturning their Champions League tie with Real Madrid.

The Blues succumbed to a 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night, leaving them with a mountain to climb in the second leg next week. Chelsea's form has dipped sharply in recent games, losing 4-1 to Brentford over the weekend, also at home.

Having slipped to 14 points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City, the Champions League, along with the FA Cup, is Chelsea's last hopes of silverware this season. And Tuchel was extremely frank when asked if the Blues could turn things around in Madrid.

When asked if he thinks the tie is still alive, he responded no, before adding: "If we play like this, we will lose in Southampton and then we don’t need to think about Bernabeu because we will get hammered in Bernabeu."

Earlier in the interview, BT Sport's Des Kelly commented on his downbeat demeanour, prompting the German to snap back. "What do you expect from me? To smile? Of course I am down," Tuchel said.

"No, we don’t have to go to Madrid, we have to go to Southampton. I think this is very, very important we process this. It’s