01/10/2021
will be available for Chelsea to face Southampton, while Reece remains sidelined for the Blues. ๐
๐ ๐ฉ๐ช on ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ being called up for England: "When I saw (the news) I thought maybe Reece goes with the water polo teams as he is training in the pool. I am surprised. My understanding is that he will not go."
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"It's not on single players [who are missing]. Of course we want Mason, we miss him, we miss N'Golo. But we can't look at the players missing. Of course we miss James, Pulisic... we have a squad, a duty for me to find a solution."
"I think we miss a little step from 90% to 100%. We don't need to question ourselves or each other deeply. We played against the extremes [Man City + Juventus], the same against Southampton. We need to be well prepared."
Tuchel on reaction from Juventus defeat:
"Not much because we did not train a lot. We used yesterday for recovery. Many did not do a lot today. We always demand the very best no matter if we won or lost."
Thomas Tuchel on Ralph Hasenhuttl:
"We played each other I'm Bundesliga and now here. He's very friendly, very nice, very humble, very entertaining. The team he trains, high intensity, very aggressive and on a high level. They have a very fast team, and very good results..."
Thomas Tuchel on 's England omission: ๐
"He understands he has to earn it, earn it with minutes. There's no big drama, no need to worry. Once he plays more minutes, with quality, he will have the chance to be selected."
Thomas Tuchel on :
"We saw the potential, but he decided to go another way."
"Of course he was highly rated. We did everything to keep him here, to compete for a position in our team. He made the decision to go [leave]. There was a big chance for him to make it all the way, but it's fair enough [to go]."
"We had the feeling Man City made us underperform. We felt well prepared in different circumstance to play vs Juventus. Could we reach our best level? No, but it's hard. It's a concentration game. It reminds me when we played against Atletico in Bucharest."
"Now it gets tougher to play away games against big teams. We won't be the last team to lose against Juventus. The danger is the result, in the end tells you the result. 'Not sharp enough, lack intensity' losing 1-0. If you draw, 'we stay calm, passionate'..."
Thomas Tuchel on : ๐
"He was fully involved in the first game [Arsenal], and if you look at the second half vs Spurs he was involved. Football is about connections. He has a strong connection with Mason Mount and Kovacic. Everyone else lacks it. We need to learn..."
"Man City made him feel isolated. There will always be matches like this. Nowhere to go. These games exist. We would talk different if he scored in the 80th minute, which he usually scores. Nothing major to worry about but we are aware of it."
on Mason Mount: ๐
"If he is injured, we need to win games without him, Pulisic, Kante and James."
"Somebody told me: 'if players look like this, you can threaten them or calm them down. It's better to calm them down'. We need to keep everyone calm, trust in what they do and support the group. We need to find the last 10%."
"We should focus on the solutions, not the problems as they aren't too big. Results aren't what we expect, but we have trust in ourselves."
"We need to anticipate situations, very good in timing and distances of our passing to escape high pressure. There are various possibilities to use long balls to escape this, but then you need good positioning. We are aware."
"We have developed some ideas and solutions, which I won't tell you, to deal with this high pressure. In general, you need to be aware of it. You don't have time to think on the ball."
"We don't judge teams by their names and ranking, we judge them by their behaviours."