"Chelsea is in total chaos, some players don't know what to do"

Criticism in England after the 3:0 to Leeds: "There is time to get stronger, but in the meantime precious points are being wasted."

The data proves: Tuchel's term in continuous decline

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08/21/2022

Sunday, August 21, 2022, 6:44 p.m

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Summary of Leeds' victory 0:3 over Chelsea (Sport 1)

After Manchester United and Liverpool, Chelsea is also in trouble.

The Blues recorded a narrow 0:1 against Everton in the opening round and finished with a dramatic 2:2 against Tottenham last week, but today (Sunday) the blow that no one expected came on the blue side of London.

The Blues were defeated 3:0 by Leeds and remained stuck in the middle of the table.

The highlight came in the 33rd minute, when a serious mistake by goalkeeper Edouard Mendy allowed Brendan Aronson to make it 0:1.

Afterwards, Rodrigo Moreno and Jack Harrison cooked for each other on the way to Leeds' first victory over Chelsea since December 2002, and the biggest for the Blues since the 3-0 in March 1995.

This game will be remembered mainly for Mendy's error, but the trouble of Thomas Tuchel do not stop at the man between the rafters.

Angolo Kante and Mateo Kovacic were absent, Connor Gallagher who made his debut in the lineup failed to impress, as well as Ruben Loftus-Cheek who got a rather unusual opportunity in the 11.

They will remember the goalkeeper's mistake, but the troubles do not end with him.

Mandy (Photo: Reuters)

"Absolute chaos", wrote the "Daily Mail" about the Blues, "at one point there were five attacking players on the field, sometimes it seems that some of them do not know where to be".

In the "Daily Mail" they also dealt with the acquisition goals of the Blues, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the attack and Wesley Popana for the defense, agreed that the team needs strengthening in these positions but wondered if the Barcelona striker and the Leicester stopper are the solution to the problem - certainly at the price that their teams demand.

"There is still time to deepen the squad in the transfer window, but in the meantime precious points are being wasted," said Sky, "Chelsea has much bigger problems than this result. Gallagher was unable to leave the space left by Kante, the team was unable to withstand the intensity of Leeds".

The disappointed Tuchel said after the game: "We lost the game in the first 20 minutes, when we were obviously better and when we had great situations. If you want to win, you have to take advantage of these opportunities.

The coach was even asked about Mendy's mistake and replied: "He knows himself, you don't need to talk much after such mistakes. It's a huge mistake at a critical moment of the game, it didn't help us, but Mendy is the one who is the most disappointed."

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Defense problems.

Thiago Silva (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Regan)

This loss reflected some particularly worrying data regarding Chelsea's ability in the last few months, even from last season - the team collected only 19 points (out of a possible 39) in the last 13 league games.

For Tuchel, the game in Leeds was the 60th in the league as Chelsea coach, and while in the first 30 games under him the Blues conceded only 17 goals, in the last 30 the Blues conceded 34 goals - exactly double.

Another statistic that tells the story of the decline in defensive ability shows that the Blues already reached five interceptions in the third round, this after last season the fifth interception came only in the 13th round.

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