I am not surprised at Chelsea’s performance – Tuchel

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has revealed he is not surprised at the Blues performance as he expected it.

This comes as the Blues have been in great form, emerging victorious in 11 of their last 12 fixtures in all competitions.

The only game they lost was in the Carabao Cup final to Liverpool on a penalty shoot-out.

‘I would actually say that surprised is the wrong word for me because I demanded it from myself and I felt the culture inside the building always very focused on football,’ said Tuchel.

‘Petr Cech is a perfect example of how you manage to be a player and what it takes to be a player for Chelsea. It’s on a daily basis, so actually I demand it more or less and I expected it almost, that we could do it.

‘That’s a part of it and it affects my mentality once you’re in this building and it brings out the very competitive attitude in you. If you play for Chelsea, if you have a contract with Chelsea, it makes you already special in what you do. We pointed that out to the players very clearly.

‘It makes you already special, it tells you already that you are competitive on a very high level of what you do and now is the moment to show it, now is the moment to dig in an prove it. So surprised is the wrong word. I am impressed but at the same time I demand it and expect it.’