Watford vs Chelsea: It was a lucky win – Tuchel acknowledges

Chelsea manager and Germany international Thomas Tuchel has acknowledged that his side defeated Watford based on luck.

Watford on Wednesday night hosted Chelsea at Vicarage Road, but the game was suspended for some minutes owing to an emergency.

However, after some minutes, the game continued as Chelsea managed to win in a 2-1 scoreline, with goals from Mason Mount and Hakim Ziyech.

Speaking to Amazon Prime, the German said: “That’s not us. We were absolutely not ready today for this match. I missed maybe to find the right approach to make my team ready. We had the break due to very sad circumstances – hopefully the person is better. Even this break after the first 11 minutes did not change our approach. We did not cope with the pressure, with the first ball, second ball.

“We had a lot of changes but too many faults. It did not get better. The only thing we could do was hang in there and focus on the easy things. It was a lucky win.

“[Kai] Havertz was very strong today. I felt he was the one player reaching his level today. We missed some players. We had some players overloaded. We stole three points. We don’t have to talk around it. For the first time it feels like a lucky win.”