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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Braidwood

Chelsea on the back foot in Champions League as Graham Potter faces new reality

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This may be the wrong question to ask after the eyes had peered down on Graham Potter and Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by FC Salzburg at Stamford Bridge – but what must Thomas Tuchel have been thinking?

If Tuchel had the stomach to watch just a week on from his dismissal, in between chants of his name sung on the 21st minute, he would have seen an energy and spark that was missing from the trauma of his final match in charge at Dinamo Zagreb. Perhaps he would have leaned back, grinning in both frustration and longing, at the memory of when those same players would perform that way for him.

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