Tuchel snapped at reporter & ripped into Chelsea players after Real loss

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Thomas Tuchel snapped at reporter & ripped into Chelsea players after Real loss

By James Stroud

Published Apr 7, 2022

Thomas Tuchel was not happy with his Chelsea side after their loss against Real Madrid. He also snapped at a reporter.

Chelsea were beaten by Real Madrid in their Champions League quarter-final first leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening.

Real took a two-goal lead after 24 minutes courtesy of Karim Benzema's quick-fire brace.

Kai Havertz levelled proceedings before the break, only for Edouard Mendy to gift Benzema his hat-trick just after half-time.

There were no further goals as Real won 3-1.

Thomas Tuchel spoke to the media after the game and he was not happy at all with his side's performance.

View his interview with BT Sport below...

Speaking to BT Sport, he said: "It is a heavy loss. It was one of the worst first halves that I saw from us here at Stamford Bridge. At this level you cannot play like this. Individually and as a team it was by far not enough. It was far from our standards and then you lose games.

"Passing, where we passed, how we passed when we passed, when we attacked, the ball possession gameâ€¦ first half was so from any standards that we set ourselves that we cannot complain when we lose."

NORWICH, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: Chelsea Manager Thomas Tuchel during the Premier League match between Norwich City and Chelsea at Carrow Road on March 10, 2022 in Norwich, England. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images)

Tuchel then snapped at the reporter, Des Kelly.

Kelly noted that Tuchel looked fed up. Tuchel responded: "Well, what do you expect? To stand here and smile or what? Of course I am down."

He added: "We don't have to go to Madrid we have to go Southampton and it is very important to process this. It is crucial that we go to Southampton. If we keep playing like this we will lose at Southampton and then we will get hammered at Bernabeu."

Tuchel was not happy at all. In fact, that may be the angriest he's ever been during his time at Chelsea. View some reaction to the interview below...