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Matthew Treadwell

Have your say on Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel's first year in the Stamford Bridge hotseat

Thomas Tuchel will celebrate his first anniversary as Chelsea boss on January 26 and we want to know how well you think he has done.

The former Mainz, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain head coach took over at Stamford Bridge after Frank Lampard was sacked as the Blues started to drift in the Premier League title race.

Having briefly topped the table earlier in the 2020/21 season, Chelsea were 11 points off top spot by the time club legend Lampard was handed his P45.

The Tuchel era began with much excitement among the club's faithful and that proved to be justified come the end of the campaign, as a goal from Kai Havertz saw Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0 in Porto to win the Champions League.

The high-profile signing of club-record £97.5m transfer target Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan over the summer offered further cause for optimism, with Chelsea one of the early frontrunners in the Premier League title race.

However, tensions in the camp were highlighted by a controversial interview from Lukaku, while a loss in form from the Belgium international and the team in general, has seen them struggle to get the better of their opponents in recent matches.

Tuchel's side have won just one of their last seven top-flight matches, drawing five of them in the process.

That has left them 12 points off top spot in the Premier League going into the weekend's fixtures - a greater deficit than when Tuchel took over at the same time last year - although they are already through to the Carabao Cup final, where they will face Liverpool at Wembley on February 27.

An FA Cup tie against League One side Plymouth is then followed by a trip to the UAE for the rescheduled Club World Cup, before Chelsea's defence of their Champions League crown resumes when they take on Lille in the round of 16.

To have your say, fill out the short survey below.

So, we would love to know how you think Tuchel's first year in charge at Stamford Bridge has gone and how you think it will pan out in the future.

Chelsea play London rivals Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday, having already twice played - and twice beaten them - this month in their Carabao Cup semi-final tie.

But with their clash at Stamford Bridge the last game of the weekend in the top division, they could find themselves 15 points behind Man City come kick-off.

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