Thomas Tuchel has been heavily criticised for his 'whiny' Chelsea 'excuses' after the Leeds Premier League defeat as new owner Todd Boehly has been urged to consider a new contract U-turn and to put those talks on hold.
The Blues suffered their first defeat of the new season at Elland Road against Jesse Marsch's inspired Leeds United side. Individual errors coupled with poor mentality after conceding and lack of ruthlessness in front of goal sum up Chelsea's current problems with two weeks remaining in the transfer market. "I think you do, all of you, make the mistake, and I feel it that they run 11km more, and we lose 3-0. It is a set piece, and a huge mistake and only one team should have led 1-0, and that was us. So everybody knows that they run more. It is nothing to do with mentality," he summarised on the mentality issue question in his post-match press conference.
"I don't think it is the mentality that Edou doesn't take the right decision. I think it is the mentality in set pieces at the moment. But not the big mentality as a headline, please. The mentality in set-pieces is not good enough. Mentality comes down to discipline and doing what we should do and what makes us strong in the first 15-20 minutes. It was enough to kill the game and bring it into a direction where it was last season. If they scored the opening chance did what they did, and a win is possible. Maybe you don't believe me, and I don't see a connection that we have a huge mentality problem and that we are not ready for what's coming."
