Mislav Orsic won a footrace with Wesley Fofana before nudging the ball around Kepa to give Zagreb a 13th-minute lead.
Thomas Tuchel’s side missed a slew of second-half chances; they have conceded at least once in each of their last six games.After the shocking defeat Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said he didn’t see the deafeat coming, “I’m angry on myself. I’m angry on our performance. It’s not aggressive enough on the ball, it’s not enough individually or enough as a team.”Not a lot [of players are playing at the top of their game].
It’s obvious that we’re underperforming. It’s a lack of determination. A lack of hunger and intensity. You cannot expect to win games. We are clearly nowhere near where we want to be.”I just know that I need time to digest it and find solutions. It’s a story of the last games – we start okay. But then we lack precision. We lack the smell of blood.”It’s clearly my job to analyse it. Clearly we need to be much better. We are not happy with our results. We are not happy with our performances. I’m a bit surprised by this performance today.
“I didn’t see it coming. Obviously I was in the wrong movie. I thought that the last game helped us, we showed a reaction against West Ham. Had good training sessions. I thought the team were prepared.”I didn’t see it coming that’s why I know I’m angry on myself. There is no day off in the next days, don’t worry. There cannot be a day off at the moment.”
Chelsea Next champions league games to determ their stance in the round of 16September 14: Red Bull Salzburg (H) – kick-off 8pmOctober 5: AC Milan (H) – kick-off 8pmOctober 11: AC Milan (A) – kick-off 8pmOctober 25: Red Bull Salzburg (A) – kick-off 5.45pmNovember 2: Dinamo Zagreb (H) – kick-off 8pmThe blues will be back in the Premeir League this weekend as they face west London rivals Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday in a 12.30pm kick-off.