Chelsea’s Champions League match against Zenit St Petersburg has ended in a 3-3 draw leaving them with no option than to finish second in their group behind Juventus, who beat Malmo.
It was not an easy game for the Blues as they fought back at point, from 2-1 in the match to lead 3-2 but Magomed Ozdoev’s stoppage-time equaliser made Thomas Tuchel’s men settle for a 3-3 draw.
The result triggered reactions from Tuchel who said, “We had a very good first 15 minutes and then we stopped doing the things we did in the first 15 minutes,”
“We were forgetting why we were the better team. Our behaviour changed when we had the lead and this is something we never did and we should never do.
“We do the things that we want to do on the highest level and we push ourselves and it hurts and it has to hurt. You have to play through pain – physical pain – and you have to raise your level of concentration and you have to overcome adversity.
“If you change your behaviour because of the score, you allow the possibility to get punished. It’s as easy as the basics. The basics need to be pushed onto a higher level while we are in the lead.”
