Chelsea crumble as Eriksen scores twice in emphatic Brentford win

Chelsea 1 Brentford 4
Thomas Tuchel declined to “make a drama” out of Chelsea’s shock defeat by Brentford at Stamford Bridge despite admitting the Blues’ 4-1 Premier League rout came down to a lack of maturity.
Vitaly Janelt bagged a brace, Christian Eriksen claimed his first Bees goal and Yoane Wissa netted at the death as Thomas Frank’s side all but secured their top-flight status.
Antonio Rüdiger delivered a long-range thunderbolt to power Chelsea into a second-half lead, but the Blues capitulated straight afterwards for their heaviest loss of the campaign.
After six straight wins while shaking off all the takeover talk, Chelsea cracked and lost focus and discipline, leaving boss Tuchel perturbed but not panicking.
He said: “After so many wins and so many good results, I will now refuse to make a drama out of it . . . why should we?”
“Brentford made a lot of the 10 minutes we gave them. After the third goal, we had a disallowed goal, a pressing situation against the goalkeeper, and another big chance from Kai Havertz.
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