Tuchel 'worrying' after Chelsea suffer another pre-season setback with defeat to Arsenal

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel admitted he is "worrying" about his squad's preparedness for the new season after the Blues were thrashed 4-0 by Premier League rivals Arsenal in a friendly match on Saturday.

Goals from Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, and Albert Sambi Lokonga guided the Gunners to a convincing victory at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, and condemned Chelsea to their second defeat on their United States tour following the penalty shootout loss to Charlotte FC.

Tuchel could not hide his frustrations from the touchline and was seen shouting at his players, who were repeatedly exposed by Arsenal's nimble counter-attacking.

"I am far from relaxed," Tuchel told the Chelsea website. "We deserved to lose, which is fair enough because we were simply not good enough. We were simply not competitive.

"The worrying part is that the level of commitment physically and mentally for this match was far higher for Arsenal than for us. They played I think what is their strongest line-up and structure that you see now for several weeks.

"This was the line-up they will try to start for Premier League games. It was surely not our strongest line-up. This is a part of an explanation but only a little part and the other part is worrying."

Chelsea have endured a tumultuous few months following the sanctioning of previous owner Roman Abramovich, which placed the club under various restrictions including bans on offering new contracts and signing new players.

As a result, key first team players Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen both left Chelsea on free transfers while it meant the club, once the new owners were in place, were left playing catch-up in the transfer market.

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