In a separate interview away from the post-match press conference in the Croatian capital on Tuesday night, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel showed a worrying side to his thinking and mindset. The Blues boss struggled to find answers for the Dinamo Zagreb Champions League shock defeat.
The 2020/21 winners of the competition were expected to pick up maximum points on the opening night in Group E, but they failed miserably to seize on the opportunity as Ante Cacic's inspired team shut out a toothless Chelsea outfit for whom Deadline Day signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could not even help out.
Mislav Orsic, as he loves to do, continued his premium goalscoring streak against London clubs, having previously netted on multiple occasions in the past against Tottenham and West Ham, respectively. A lovely bit of interchange in the middle of the pitch allowed the midfielder to race through on goal and dink his effort past the onrushing Kepa Arrizabalaga. Both Wesley Fofana and Kalidou Koulibaly were compared to the chuckle brothers after that one incident which, in the end, proved the difference between the two sides.
