Thomas Tuchel pointing the finger of blame at himself following Chelsea's shock Champions League defeat has apparently come back to bite him.
The German coach was sacked on Wednesday morning following the Blues' defeat by Dinamo Zagreb, in which Mislav Orsic netted the only goal of the game in the thirteenth minute in Croatia.
Tuchel cut a frustrated figure in the Chelsea dugout and was even booked as the west London club kick-started their European campaign with a Group E defeat. The result saw Chelsea slip to three away losses in a row for the first time under the German.
Tuchel was clear on who was to blame following the fixture, explaining he has a lot of work to do to get his side firing once again.
But it seems his criticism of himself struck a chord with his new boss Todd Boehly who pulled the trigger and relieved the Champions League-winning manager of his duties.
A Chelsea statement read: "On behalf of everyone at Chelsea FC, the Club would like to place on record its gratitude to Thomas and his staff for all their efforts during their time with the Club.
"Thomas will rightly have a place in Chelsea's history after winning the Champions League, the Super Cup and Club World Cup in his time here.
"As the new ownership group reaches 100 days since taking over the Club, and as it continues its hard work to take the club forward, the new owners believe it is the right time to make this transition.
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"Chelsea's coaching staff will take charge of the team for training and the preparation of our upcoming matches as the Club moves swiftly to appoint a new head coach.
"There will be no further comment until a new head coach appointment is made."
Tuchel appeared to make a rod for his own back on Tuesday night when he offered little explanation for Chelsea's poor display and instead admitted he's at fault.
Speaking on BT Sport Tuchel said: "Well, it's an underperformance from us.
"Same story as always. OK start, we don't finish our half chances to put the game to bed. Then we concede one counter-attack, which is too easy. Then yeah, we lose the match.
"Too much to analyse. I'm part of it. We are clearly not where we need to be. It's on me, on us, we need to find solutions. At the moment everything is missing. It seems like this, it's hard to argue against it."
When asked if confidence has seeped out of his squad, Tuchel replied: "It seems like this, it's hard to argue against it. You can analyse it like this, of course.
"At half-time, we made some changes, we encouraged them, told them to play with more emotions, play tougher and step up. But it's obviously hard at the moment for us.
"This has nothing to do with a worry – it's a reality. It's underperformance from us, a bit the same story as always. We had an okay start, we don't finish our half-chances, and we don't feel it when the game is already there to put to bed in the first 15-20 minutes.
"Then we concede one counter-attack, which is far too easy, and from there we struggle."
