Thomas Tuchel branded Chelsea’s first half display against Real Madrid as “one of the worst” he’s seen thus far, and claimed they could get “hammered” at the Bernabeu.Chelsea gave themselves a mountain to climb after falling to a 3-1 defeat in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final clash with Real Madrid. Karim Benzema notched his second successive hattrick in the competition after breaking PSG’s hearts in the prior round.
His first two goals came via glorious headed efforts, though the third owed much to surprising Chelsea blunders.
Edouard Mendy and Antonio Rudiger both failed to adequately deal with an aimless ball up field. A poor pass from Mendy was compounded by a …
- April 7, 2022
