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Tuchel on managing a tricky space and not judging performances by results
18 Dec 2021
Thomas Tuchel has admitted the Blues are currently in a difficult position
where results have not aligned with the quality of our performances, a
situation he says is not easy to find solutions to.
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In recent weeks the Blues have dropped points in the Premier League
despite continuing to play well, with our finishing letting us down most
notably in the home draws against Burnley, Manchester United and Everton.
For Tuchel it is frustrating because he sees high output from a group of
players depleted by injury and illness, but then not the outcome to match.
'We are in a place where you don't want to be,' he began. 'We have had
good performances – sometimes very good – but we don't have the results
for them.
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Full-time frustration on Thursday
'If you have bad performances and you don't have the results, you just
focus on the performance. You speak it out loud, get the details better,
do whatever needs to be done to make the performance better and increase
the possibility of a result.
'If you had a bad performance and you get a good result, even better
because you are still in the place where you can focus on the bad
performance, but you win and have that atmosphere.
'In this space where we are, it's tricky,' he continued. 'We lost two
points against Manchester United because we did a silly mistake. We were
clearly the better team. I saw many teams struggle more against West Ham
than we did, but we lose with a freak shot in the last minute. And I
refuse to analyse the Everton match from the result. We are getting
punished for not a lot. It's hard to accept.'
How can we start stringing out more consistent results, just as we were
early in the season? That is the big question for Tuchel and his staff,
but he is refusing to let the final scoreline cloud his judgement when it
comes to individual and collective performances.
'Maybe you have to admit you don't have the one solution that fixes the
problem, but it can help to speak out and be honest about it,' he
acknowledged.
'It seems to be a pattern, but only if you look at the result. If you look
only at the results in football, you can be horribly misled. Putting
maximum focus on the result because they are not going your way is a big
risk. This can lead to frustration and behaviour that makes you play bad.
I absolutely don't want to end up there.
'I encourage the team to go, do it again and believe. Why should we not?
The last results are not what we expect, a bit up and down, and maybe we
struggle with praise, but it's not one reason.
'We are always looking for reasons. We want to have doubts, and have the
results be the proof for the performance, but I don't see big things going
wrong.'