Thomas Tuchel urges Chelsea to trust themselves as they prepare for visit of Real Madrid after surprise Brentford defeat

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has called for calm claiming there is no need for 'crazy stuff' or 'crazy speeches' after his sides defeat to Brentford as the Blues prepare to face Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday. Amid all the uncertainty surrounding a potential takeover, the makeup of prospective bidders and sanctions imposed on the club, Chelsea were managing to keep things ticking over nicely on the pitch prior to the international break. Ad/> They entered the domestic pause in a rich vein of form, but were humbled on their return by the Bees who stung their noisy south-west London neighbours, taking the game away from them in 10 frantic second half minutes.

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«We do what we do, we don't need special things now. We need to rely on the things and the trust that we built throughout the whole year. You rely on your routines to refocus, the routines to be strong in training, the routines to focus on the meetings that we have and to do that in the best way possible.