Thomas Tuchel took aim at Chelsea's 'difficult pitch' in tense interviews after Arsenal loss

Thomas Tuchel was seething with Chelsea’s 4-2 defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday night.

In a massive result that propelled Arsenal back into the hunt for Champions League football, Chelsea made life hard for themselves by dropping a series of individual errors at Stamford Bridge.

And it all started when Andreas Christensen’s lame attempt at a pass during the opening minutes allowed Eddie Nketiah to run through one-on-one against Edouard Mendy and find the back of the net.

Timo Werner did fire back quickly with an equaliser and Cesar Azpilicueta notched a leveller of his own in response to Emile Smith Rowe’s goal, but the visitors eventually took control of the game.

A second goal for Nketiah and a Bukayo Saka penalty saw Arsenal make their London neighbours pay in the second-half, and this time there were no rebuttals from the Blues.

All in all, it made for a disorganised, hectic and anarchic Chelsea performance that left Tuchel so frustrated that you could see how disappointed he was in his team during the post-match interviews.

In a series of tense interviews from the Chelsea boss, Tuchel started by telling Sky Sports: “We scored five goals and lost 4-2. Three own-goals and two regular goals for us.

“I cannot remember any mistakes like these in our favour. We don’t get these goals we give them away in consecutive games.

“Second-half was nowhere good enough. Individually, how we conceded the goals it is dramatic mistakes, individual mistakes. We decided to give away a goal for absolute nothing – we did the same against Real Madrid and against Brentford.”