Thomas Tuchel slams Chelsea display and refuses to rate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s debut

Thomas Tuchel has criticised Chelsea’s performance in his side’s shock 1-0 defeat away to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League on Tuesday night, while he would not be drawn on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s debut display.

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The Blues dominated possession in Croatia but carved out few clear-cut chances and were undone on the break when Mislav Orsic ran in behind Chelsea’s high defensive line early in the match before dinking the ball past Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Tuchel’s side have now failed to keep a clean sheet since the opening day of the Premier League season against Everton, while defeat in Zagreb is their third consecutive away loss – the first time that has happened under the German coach.

Chelsea have also been beaten by Leeds and Southampton this season and given uninspiring performances in their three wins, with Tuchel once again unhappy with what he saw from his players.

Asked about his side’s display after the game, Tuchel told BT Sport: ‘Well it’s an underperformance from us.

‘It’s a bit the same story like always, we have an OK start, we don’t finish our half chances, we don’t feel it when the game is already there to put to bed in the first 15-20 minutes and then we concede one counter-attack which is far too easy and from there we struggle and lose the next match.’

He echoed that in his post-match press conference, saying: ‘I’m angry with myself, I’m angry with our performance. This was a huge underperformance from all of us.

‘It’s not precise enough, it’s not clinical enough, it’s not aggressive enough on the ball, it’s not determined enough, it’s not enough individually, it’s not enough as a team and that’s why we lost this game today.’

Asked what his main frustration was with the