Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel has fired a warning to his facet that they are going to be hammered at Santiago Bernabeu subsequent week within the Champions League return match towards Actual Madrid.
The London membership was removed from their finest as Carlo Ancelotti’s facet thumped them 3-1 on Wednesday evening within the first leg of the quarter-final tie.
In-form Karim Benzema scored a surprising hat-trick, his second in successive Champions League matches, with Chelsea’s comfort coming by way of Kai Havertz.
Talking after the match, Tuchel warned they may lose to Southampton over the weekend and subsequent week’s return leg if they can not repair their defensive points rapidly.
“We do not have to go to Madrid, we’ve got to go Southampton and it is extremely necessary to course of this,” Tuchel instructed BT Sport. “It’s essential that we go to Southampton. If we preserve enjoying like this we’ll lose at Southampton after which we’ll get hammered on the Bernabeu.
“It’s a heavy loss. It was one of many worst first halves that I noticed from us right here at Stamford Bridge. Individually and as a staff it was by far not sufficient. It was removed from our requirements and you then lose video games.
“Passing, the place we handed, how we handed, once we handed, once we attacked, the ball possession recreation… first half was so from any requirements that we set ourselves that we can not complain once we lose.”
Tuchel believes the tie is over, insisting his quick focus is the match towards the Saints.
“I fear extra about Southampton than I fear about Actual Madrid within the subsequent week. There’s my focus. At this time, is that this alive? No. Not with this efficiency. To begin with we have to play Southampton and if we don’t get our heads straight and mentality proper we is not going to win in Southampton. After which this tie is just not alive.
Wednesday’s loss was Chelsea’s second successive loss, having misplaced to Brentford within the league final weekend.
