Every word Thomas Tuchel said on N’Golo Kante injury, Chelsea fans, Daniel Amartey and VAR

That was an enormous win, did that really feel extra than simply three factors?

“It felt like an enormous effort and a high efficiency. Don’t get me improper, it is a huge step nevertheless it’s solely a step, it is not performed but. We must recover from the road on Sunday. It was a workforce effort stuffed with depth, stuffed with starvation and ambition. We performed many, many minutes with a variety of high quality.

“It was for my part a well-deserved win nevertheless it’s not the time for reward and celebration. It’s not the time about philosophy and whether or not that is greater than three factors. There’s one other sport to catch on Sunday we’ll be ready and conscious to complete the job.”

How a lot of the vitality in your efficiency was created by the followers?

“It was a totally completely different match. Football with spectators and with out spectators, you’ll be able to’t examine. It was superb and I said to your colleagues it is precisely what we would like. We need everyone completely happy that involves the stadium and feels the vitality from the workforce. This is what this workforce can ship.

“I strongly consider that as a supporter, you come for vitality within the stadium, not simply fancy strikes, targets and excellent particular person performances.

“You come to really feel the vitality and it needs to be straightforward to help, you need the spectators on the entrance foot and you need to excite them This workforce is doing this. They have starvation and ambition and go away every little thing

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“Sometimes we wrestle with choices and we do not reward ourselves however this workforce is all the time on the sting of work-rate and what they offer. This is essential and makes the spectators completely happy. They push us and it was an enormous, large enhance.”

What’s the harm state of affairs with N’Golo Kante and what did you make of Antonio Rudiger’s efficiency?

“N’Golo isn’t injured. He instructed me – and I understood him proper in French – he went out earlier than an harm. He felt his hamstrings and was frightened that he would get injured if he continued to play. So we put Kova in and that was a danger as a result of he was roughly on the bench for 20 minutes, however he performed 60.

“We took some dangers nevertheless it was the second to take dangers because it was a sport of the very best significance on the finish of the season. I’m completely happy it labored out. Hopefully, NG will come again as we’re a unique workforce with NG and with out NG. We compensated very properly with out him right this moment.

“For Toni, I’m completely completely happy that he scored for us. He was superb, very dependable. I really feel uncomfortable right this moment to speak about single gamers as a result of now could be to remain robust as a bunch and to deliver it collectively as a bunch. We must refocus for Sunday. It’s not the time for celebration.”

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The reality Mason Mount, Thiago Silva and Cesar Azpilicueta went over to Daniel Amartey through the battle on the finish instructed further motivation due to the incident with the pennant. Was that the case?

“I didn’t speak about it. I do know there was an incident however I did not speak about it earlier than the match or in any conferences, I do not do that however I believe the gamers had been properly conscious. I’m not into these items an excessive amount of as a result of it could possibly typically offer you an excessive amount of vitality, an excessive amount of a sense for revenge. I do not like this in any respect

“We ready for an excellent necessary match and did what we do, how we play soccer. We wished to do it on the highest stage attainable and that is what we did. We wanted the depth and starvation that make us a tough workforce to play. There’s nothing extra I can say about it.”

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How are you feeling in the mean time with the VAR choices which might be going towards you?

“We are annoyed with the selections. Against Arsenal we had been denied a transparent aim with the hand, two or three metres from the road it was a handball slightly than a aim and VAR isn’t checking.

“Then we lose a ultimate at Wembley due to a handball from Leicester that led to a aim. Today we have now a transparent penalty and it is all of the sudden we have now a foul towards Timo Werner. It’s a bit exhausting to beat these choices in each match. Then we have now one other handball and an offside, no matter.

“With handball and offside there are hopefully no discussions however right this moment there was an offside aim towards Man United that did not get overruled by VAR. Anything can occur. I’m completely for VAR and for having clear choices when they’re wanted. At the second, these three essential choices towards us are very exhausting to grasp.”

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