Arriving at Chelsea on January 26, Thomas Tuchel takes the reins of the struggling Blues in the league.
Before him, Frank Lampard failed to get the best out of this workforce, reinforced by the many arrivals during the last summer transfer window.
He leaves the club in 10th place in the Premier League to the German technician who has just been dismissed by the management of PSG.
Less than a month after taking office, Thomas Tuchel can already boast of having raised the bar, at least from the point of view of results.
“I'm grateful to be part of the Chelsea family now,” he said on arrival.
For the moment, we can say that this family gives him back.
A flattering record
A draw followed by four consecutive wins.
Here is the assessment in all competitions of Thomas Tuchel on the Chelsea bench before facing Newcastle on Monday (9 p.m.).
Flattering results which quickly brought their lots of praise from the English press.
"For him, coaching and management are a real vocation, almost a kind of intellectual discipline", we could read in the Guardian.
“Tuchel is considered to be one of the brightest minds in European football.
There is a notion of "mad genius" in what he produces.
It is not surprising that he gets along well with Pep Guardiola whom he considers a model, ”wrote the Daily Mirror.
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Ambitious Blues again?
"I am very realistic, I am in a club whose DNA is to win titles", declared Tuchel on his arrival before adding: "that does not scare me, I myself have the personal ambitions. higher ”.
However, by taking over a club that was vegetating in the soft underbelly of the Premier League, the former PSG coach was far from the ambitions usually displayed by the club and accentuated by a particularly promising transfer window.
But now, the trend has been reversed and Chelsea are now in fifth place in pursuit of the Reds, at the foot of the podium, who again marked time by losing to Leicester this Saturday (3-1).
With one meeting less than the residents of Anfield, Chelsea would not be asked to grill the priority to Mohamed Salah and others by defeating the Magpies on Monday.
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A defensive base regained
By being propelled at the head of the Blues, Thomas Tuchel knew that one of his main projects would be to find a defensive base worthy of the name.
Ninth defense in the Premier League with 23 goals conceded in 19 games, the German technician has managed to breathe new life into his rear guard.
Only one goal has been conceded by Chelsea in the league in the four games under Thomas Tuchel.
None in his first three outings, a first for a new manager at Chelsea since José Mourinho in 2004-05.
A defensive effectiveness found at the expense of Kurt Zouma.
The former Stéphanois enjoyed a prominent place in the workforce led by Frank Lampard.
However, since the ousting of the former midfielder and the appointment of his successor, the French international defender does not seem to fit into the plans of his coach with a single game played in the (narrow) FA Cup victory against at Barnsley this Thursday (0-1).
It must be said that the statistical data prove the German technician right.
Still room for improvement
Straight outta Cobham!
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- Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) February 12, 2021
If the results since the arrival of Tuchel offer the German a big credit in the eyes of the followers of the London club, the content of the matches is still perfectible.
“We can stop here for the analysis of the match, Chelsea are in the quarter-finals, period.
We can clearly play better, it was not our best performance, ”said the Chelsea coach after the qualification of his team in the quarter-final of the FA Cup at the expense of Barnsley (0-1).
An understatement as the Blues struggled to get rid of this resident of the Championship (English second division).
Likewise during the narrow victory on the lawn of neighbors Spurs (0-1) on February 4.
A logical result in the whole match, but which could have been acquired with more control and serenity at the end of the meeting as the residents of Stamford Bridge showed themselves above Mourinho's men.
The Thomas Tuchel “dough” is there, however, it only asks to take up even more space in the style of the Blues which come back from afar.
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