Tuchel reveals how he dealt with first Chelsea setback; previews Porto tie

Thomas Tuchel is eager to see how his players react to their first defeat since he took charge as manager and expects a tough game against Porto.
After losing to West Brom in the Premier League at the weekend, Chelsea must now show a response. Their first opportunity to do so will be against Porto in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. The game takes place in Seville on Wednesday.
Tuchel has had a lot to reflect on in the days since the 5-2 loss to West Brom. Coming against a side in the relegation zone, it was one of the shocks of the season.
The result clearly had an impact on the squad, with tensions running high at training the following day. Such matters have now been resolved, but Tuchel has still had to consider what went wrong in their most recent outing.
“It’s very natural there is a reaction to a result and game like this,” he said. “So it is necessary to adapt.
“It is a strong part of sports at this level that the guys hate to lose. So if we suffer a big loss in a weird game, it’s normal there are reactions.
“Clearly there are lines we don’t want to overstep. This happened one day after the match but now things are sorted out. My talk after the game isn’t to be too harsh or emotional; the risk is you regret what you say.
“You have to swallow and accept we lost them game. Then it’s important that we are reliable in analysing the game. We can’t only do meetings depending on the result – we can be critical after wins and we can point out things we like even though we lost 5-2. “We won all the statistics against West Brom: expected goals, touches in the box, shots on target. If we played the same game again, I bet 99 times out of 100 that we win the game.”

Chelsea slipped out of the top four after the defeat was followed by West Ham beating Wolves. However, there are still plenty of games to go to ensure qualification for the competition they are playing in on Wednesday.
Tuchel admitted that both he and his squad were hard on themselves after losing. But now he is ready to see the next step from his players.
“We need to win games, that was clear,” he said. “We will never accept a game we concede five goals at home, even with a man down.
“I feel the players were very hard on themselves and I am very hard on myself too.
“It was a big slap in the face. But it was my job as a coach not to get lost in my emotions, anger and disappointment. I have to get up and watch the game again.
“Clearly there were things we should’ve done better and had better behaviour on the pitch: how we attack, distances on the pitch, passing to escape pressure. We did mistakes we haven’t done before. So now is the moment to improve.
“There are a lot of circumstances you have to accept. We had a break, we got a lot of praise; we played an early match on Saturday, and still we have to accept as a coach.
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