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Jorginho reveals Tuchel's tactical tweak at Newcastle and what James said
before his penalty
01 Nov 2021
After speaking in the build-up about the need to stay hungry and humble,
Jorginho was pleased with Chelsea's appetite to hard work and goals in
Saturday's victory at Newcastle United.
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The Italian returned to the side after sitting out the midweek Carabao Cup
win against Southampton, his presence in midfield all the more important
following injury and illness to Mateo Kovacic and Mason Mount
respectively.
While it was Reece James's brace that grabbed the headlines for the Blues
on Tyneside, Jorginho's typically composed converted penalty put the game
to bed in the dying stages.
However, it was the 29-year-old's experience and cool head that proved
just as significant as we were forced to remain patient before finally
breaking the Magpies down in the final quarter of the contest.
'It was hard because they were defending well and there wasn't much space
to find a pass or to run with the ball,' he admitted afterwards.
'They were defending very well with all 11 players in 20 or 25 metres but
we kept pushing, we kept pressing and counter-pressing when we lost the
ball, and we had control of the whole game, which is what we tried to do.
'To not allow Newcastle to have a counter-attack here in their stadium is
not easy and we did that so I think we did a good job.'
Jorginho, captain on the day in the absence of Cesar Azpilicueta, revealed
that a small tactical tweak from Thomas Tuchel at the break had paid
dividends for the visitors.
'In the second half, the coach did a little change tactically in the
offensive phase and it helped us on the pitch to find more solutions,' he
said.
Despite the call in some quarters for James to be given the chance to net
a hat-trick with the spot-kick, Jorginho was eager to set the record
straight that he and the young defender never spoke about the potential
for penalty-taking duties to be passed over.
'He didn't ask,' said our number five. 'That's important to be clear
that he didn't ask for anything. He just came over to support me.
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Jorgi slots in his penalty for our third goal
'He's amazing with both feet,' he continued about James's brace, 'and he
opened the game for us, which was great. It [the first] was a beautiful
goal.'
Liverpool's draw and Manchester City's defeat elsewhere on Saturday meant
the victory opened up a three-point gap at the top of the Premier League
for Tuchel's men. While the Blues host Burnley at Stamford Bridge next
weekend, the rest of the top five are all in action against each other on
what could be another key set of fixtures.
Yet Jorginho feels we should choose to have such conversations with 10
games to go rather than that many played, preferring instead on picking up
points in matches we might have dropped them in previously.
'It feels good that we won here because we need to look at ourselves and
not have a focus on the other teams,' he added.
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'We have a focus just on us, what we have to do and what we are doing
because if we keep working like this, keep pushing and putting the group
first then we can have the results we want. Then we will see at the end of
the season what can happen.
'We need to try to win every single game and not drop points in these kind
of games. Maybe we missed that in the last two or three years.'