Chelsea's defence over the past few days have been uncharacteristically poor, with seven goals conceded in their past two matches against Brentford and Real Madrid. Ever since Thomas Tuchel was appointed as manager over 12 months ago, the German has transformed the Blues' fortunes at the back.
However, Wednesday evening, albeit against a very strong Real Madrid side with perhaps the best striker in the world right now in Karim Benzema, the Chelsea back three were torn apart in the first-half. Tuchel then changed the team's shape at half-time and went to a back four.
The Blues did improve in the second period, but that was always going to be the case considering how poor they were in the first-half. Andreas Christensen was the man pulled at half-time as Tuchel moved to a more orthodox back four.
