Thomas Tuchel reacts as 'lucky' Brentford stun 'sloppy' Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

Thomas Tuchel slammed ‘sloppy’ Chelsea after Brentford stunned the European champions at Stamford Bridge, but described Thomas Frank’s side as ‘lucky’.

Tuchel told BBC Sport: ‘Nobody saw it coming, especially after going 1-0 ahead. It was very untypical of us.

‘But we stopped defending. We were not aware of enough of the danger, were sloppy with the defending and got punished.

‘They made the most of it in those 10 minutes. Right after their third goal we had 10 minutes where we had big, big chances and we missed them.

‘They were lucky and clinical enough to get three goals. We did not defend like it is needed to in the Premier League and got punished.’

The German boss added: ‘We lost control for 10 minutes. It was a tough start for us which is also not the first time after an international break. We were OK in the first half and had a very good start to the second half and took the lead.

“Maybe we thought it was already done and we got punished in 10 minutes.

“In general we allowed too many shots and in general we lacked energy. We looked mentally tired which is normal after being around the world.

“After scoring we forgot we still had 40 minutes to play. I think it was deserved we took the lead.

“I did not have high expectations. We struggled and we found a way to be in the lead. We made life very complicated for ourselves because we stopped defending.”