Thomas Tuchel has revealed that Andreas Christensen was withdrawn at halftime with an damage throughout their defeat to Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues fell to a troublesome loss to Mikel Arteta’s aspect, who got here into the sport having misplaced their final three video games on the bounce, due to a brace from Eddie Nketiah in addition to targets from Emile Smith-Rowe and Bukayo Saka.
And it was Christensen who handed the Gunners their early impetus, with a woeful backpass permitting Eddie Nketiah to steal in for his first of the sport.
The defender, who struggled within the first half, was eliminated at half time, and Tuchel was fast to counsel that it was an damage slightly than because of his sub-par efficiency.
Tuchel says Christensen was subbed off for damage and stayed in for therapy. He goes on accountable the pitch for his mistake, overlaying him totally, saying the house pitch is an issue generally for Chelsea. “It’s a really, very troublesome pitch right here. It’s to not our favour.” #CFC
— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) April 20, 2022
It was this situation that noticed him fail to return out to the bench for the second half both, as a substitute staying within the dressing room for therapy.
Chelsea see data tumble
In falling to the Gunners, Chelsea have set a pair of undesirable data within the strategy of falling to a 4-2 defeat to Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
They misplaced their third straight dwelling sport for the primary time since 1993-94, whereas it additionally meant that they’ve conceded 4 targets in again to again dwelling league video games for the primary time because the 89-90 season, earlier than the Premier League’s inception.
3 & 4 – Chelsea have misplaced three straight league video games at dwelling for the primary time since 1993-94, while they’ve shipped 4+ targets in back-to-back league video games at Stamford Bridge for the primary time since 1989-90. Throwbacks. pic.twitter.com/DMpPMK0iyU
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 20, 2022
In some ways, the efficiency and end result had been considerably anticipated by the Blues. The Blues are comfy in third place within the Premier League, not endangering the runaway pair of Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool above them nor an excessive amount of vulnerable to being dragged right into a battle for European soccer, with a five-point cushion on the perimeters under them.
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Premier League desk
| # | Crew | MP | D | P |
| 1 | Liverpool FC | 32 | 61 | 76 |
| 2 | Manchester Metropolis | 31 | 52 | 74 |
| 3 | Chelsea FC | 30 | 41 | 62 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 18 | 57 |
| 5 | Arsenal FC | 31 | 8 | 54 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 33 | 4 | 54 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 33 | 9 | 52 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 5 | 49 |
| 9 | Leicester Metropolis | 30 | -4 | 40 |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | -8 | 40 |
| 11 | Brentford FC | 33 | -8 | 39 |
| 12 | Southampton FC | 32 | -14 | 39 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 3 | 37 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 32 | -19 | 37 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 31 | -4 | 36 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 32 | -30 | 33 |
| 17 | Everton FC | 30 | -19 | 28 |
| 18 | Burnley FC | 31 | -19 | 25 |
| 19 | Watford FC | 32 | -32 | 22 |
| 20 | Norwich Metropolis | 32 | -44 | 21 |
| Participant | Crew | Targets |
|---|---|---|
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 22 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 |
| Ronaldo, Cristiano | Manchester United | 15 |
| Jota, Diogo | Liverpool FC | 15 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 14 |
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 |
| Toney, Ivan | Brentford FC | 12 |
| Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester Metropolis | 11 |
| De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester Metropolis | 11 |
| Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace | 11 |
| Mount, Mason | Chelsea FC | 10 |
| Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 10 |
| Saka, Bukayo | Arsenal FC | 10 |
| Pukki, Teemu | Norwich Metropolis | 10 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester Metropolis | 10 |
| Raphinha | Leeds United | 10 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester Metropolis | 10 |
| Smith-Rowe, Emile | Arsenal FC | 10 |
| Bowen, Jarrod | West Ham United | 9 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 9 |
| Participant | Crew | Purple Playing cards | Yellow Playing cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 10 |
| Gallagher, Conor | Crystal Palace | 0 | 9 |
| Neves, Ruben | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 9 |
| Mings, Tyrone | Aston Villa | 0 | 9 |
| Brownhill, Josh | Burnley FC | 0 | 9 |
| Mctominay, Scott | Manchester United | 0 | 9 |
| Firpo, Junior | Leeds United | 0 | 9 |
| Salisu, Mohammed | Southampton FC | 0 | 8 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 0 | 8 |
| Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 0 | 7 |
| Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 1 | 7 |
| Moreno, Rodrigo | Leeds United | 0 | 8 |
| Money, Matty | Aston Villa | 0 | 8 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa | 0 | 8 |
| Rice, Declan | West Ham United | 0 | 8 |
| Bednarek, Jan | Southampton FC | 0 | 8 |
| Tarkowski, James | Burnley FC | 0 | 8 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United | 0 | 8 |
| Romeu, Oriol | Southampton FC | 0 | 8 |
| Xhaka, Granit | Arsenal FC | 1 | 7 |
| Participant | Crew | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 12 |
| Alexander-Arnold, Trent | Liverpool FC | 12 |
| Robertson, Andy | Liverpool FC | 10 |
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 |
| Mount, Mason | Chelsea FC | 9 |
| Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 9 |
| Bowen, Jarrod | West Ham United | 8 |
| Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 7 |
| Barnes, Harvey | Leicester Metropolis | 7 |
| Mbeumo, Bryan | Brentford FC | 7 |
| Jesus, Gabriel | Manchester Metropolis | 7 |
| Cancelo, Joao | Manchester Metropolis | 7 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 6 |
| Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 6 |
| Maddison, James | Leicester Metropolis | 6 |
| Benrahma, Mentioned | West Ham United | 6 |
| James, Reece | Chelsea FC | 6 |
| Kulusevski, Dejan | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 |
| Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester Metropolis | 5 |