What Thomas Tuchel yelled at Michael Oliver as Antonio Rudiger decision creates Chelsea problem

There was a strange malaise for a large part of yesterday's game at Stamford Bridge. On the pitch, Chelsea's players shifted the ball around without purpose. Their possession was far too slow, safe, and weary to hurt West Ham, who defended on the edge of their penalty box well.

That, in turn, led to very little reaction from those Chelsea supporters in the stands. And in the home dugout, Tuchel sat alongside his assistants and made little attempt to cajole his players. The only occasion in an opening 45 minutes that the German did get to his feet was to dish out a few instructions to Ruben Loftus-Cheek, deployed at right wing-back in the absence of the injured Reece James.

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"I did not expect a spectacular game in general, and the first half was a bit stuck," Tuchel said after the game. "But that was because of a bit of uncertainty after the latest results here at home. We grew into it, never lost discipline, we never lost patience, understood the situation better when to accelerate, and we joined a bit with more courage and players when the acceleration was there."

It wasn't until midway through the second half that Tuchel displayed the touchline theatrics that have become a staple of his