Chelsea players David Luiz and Jorginho have both spoken to ESPN Brasil after the Blues’ 3-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley this weekend.
The two players were obviously sad about the result, and it turned out that even though they gave separate interviews, they both blamed the team’s tactics for the result.
They weren’t criticising Maurizio Sarri’s formation, they just thought their system didn’t work against Mauricio Pochettino’s side.
“I think they played very well, we did not play very well, I think we played very badly tonight,” David Luiz told ESPN Brasil’s Natali Gedra. “We were surprised by their first 15 minutes, when they came with a different system, with high pressure. And everything was happening, every challenged ball was theirs, they were pushing us back, they got both goals.”
“I think in all aspects we did not do well. Both in the defensive aspect, in the collective, the attackers being the first defenders. As in creation, we did not create as much as we normally create. We did not have the ball possession as we usually do. I think on the whole we had a sad night where we could not find ourselves in the match.
“We must be humble enough to admit that we didn’t play a great game, that Tottenham won the game. But also the awareness of knowing that we have been doing a great job, this is first defeat of the season, and we have to take what we did today to learn and grow.”
Then Jorginho, also speaking to Natali Gedra, made more of a tactical analysis of the Blues’ performance, and avoided comparing them to Manchester City in the title race.
“Our team was not as compact as it always is. The first pressure wasn’t being made, I believe it wasn’t being made. So the defensive line ended up going down a lot and our team got very stretched.”
“From the beginning, when you have City in the competition, it’s already difficult. But I don’t think we have to look ahead. We have to look at today, now, because there is much to improve, a lot to change.”
Chelsea’s defeat, and performance, is being taken badly by both fans and players.
