Thomas Tuchel insisted his Chelsea players will have no problem picking themselves up for the Champions League trip to Juventus despite accusing them of lacking “belief and confidence” against Manchester City.
The Blues failed to register a single shot on target against the champions on Saturday, but now turn their attentions to the defence of their own European title in Turin on Wednesday.
When asked if the defeat would have an adverse effect against the Bianconeri, he said: “No problem. We don’t care against whom we play, we do our thing and we need to be better. It’s about making people underperform and City did this to us.
“I never felt fully confident to escape the pressure with short passes. We have Romelu up front who we can put in long balls to – but without the belief and confidence and with the moments when you really hurt your opponents, it gets more and more difficult…
“We are together in this, we need best the level from the coach and best level from the players – so we will look into it now with all the self-reflection that is needed.
“Our passing, our decision-making was not good enough, not robust not sharp enough… They made us defend deep, we could not escape the pressure, it was a question of decision-making, vision, individual performance.”
Juventus undoubtedly have the bigger problems as they head into midweek 12th in Serie A, winning just one of their five league games this season.
However, Chelsea could be without Reece James, who was substituted following a collision with Jack Grealish as Tuchel opted for another centre-back in Thiago Silva.
“He twisted his ankle, a lot of pain, we need to wait,” he said.
Mason Mount will also undergo a fitness test having missed the defeat to City with a minor knock suffered in the Carabao Cup against Aston Villa.
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