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Anita Abayomi & Josh Holland

Everton fans' plan to disrupt Chelsea failed and Thomas Tuchel makes verdict on 'impact'

Being awoken in your sleep is a pet peeve. I can only imagine how irritated the Chelsea players would have been ahead of their match against Everton.

The night before the match, the Chelsea team was visited by Everton fans outside of their hotel. It was late at night when fans were reported to be making noise and setting off fireworks in an attempt to disrupt Chelsea's sleep. It wasn't as successful as hoped, according to Thomas Tuchel.

Pre-match, the Chelsea boss said, "Woke up twice. That was the target. Turned on the other side after one minute and continued my sleep, so not a big impact."

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