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Tom Coley

How Thomas Tuchel has competed Chelsea mission with Frank Lampard challenge met ahead of schedule

There is still plenty to do and lots to be achieved for Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea. He will have ambitions to win another Champions League, eradicate cup final losses from memory and perhaps most importantly, push the club back to domestic heights that they haven't been to in seven years.

It says a lot for the make-up and organisation of the club in good ways and bad ways that since 2012 there have been as many Champions League wins as there have been Premier League ones. The quality that Chelsea have purchased has often not made them good enough to sustain a serious title charge but has come good to push them in European competitions, though even that seriously lacked from 2014.

This is the scope of what Tuchel has dealt with and so far overcome in his 18 months in charge. Not only demonstrating the ability to create match-winning teams but also to steady the ship, to some extent, even as it sails through unchartered territory. For example, he is now bidding to win the first top-flight title outside of Roman Abramovich's era since 1955.

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