Tuchel doesn’t play the blame game but knows mistakes hurt Chelsea

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Thomas Tuchel found himself cursing Chelsea’s “big mistakes” as they slipped to a 3-2 loss at West Ham.

The Blues boss has counted the cost of two blunders from goalkeeper Edouard Mendy as they have only been beaten for the second time in the Premier League this season.

Chelsea were leading by Thiago Silva header when Mendy made an almighty mess of a weak backpass from Jorginho and ended up knocking down Jarrod Bowen, allowing Manuel Lanzini to equalize on the spot.

Mason Mount’s sublime volley put Chelsea back in the lead, but Bowen brought them back again before Mendy pushed a speculative effort from Arthur Masuaku into his own nearby post to give West Ham a notable victory and cast further doubt on the references of the Blues title.

Tuchel said: “I don’t see that our performance has dropped. I think the performance was enough to win the game, but we allowed easy goals.

“We made some big mistakes against Manchester United and again today, and if you do it at this level you can’t expect to get results.

“We’re not good enough on the details right now. We need to worry about the details, not start asking big questions or doubting the big picture. Without the big mistakes there was a good chance we would win this game.

“Edouard is going through a difficult period. Okay, his decision making wasn’t at the top level with the first goal but we got him in a sticky situation. He could have saved him but he didn’t.

“We are far, far from blaming anyone, but we have to admit that we are making too many critical mistakes right now.”

Victory over Chelsea is always welcome for West Ham, but it was all the sweeter after three games without a win and cements their place in the top four in the “best of the rest” position outside the title race. .

David Moyes’ side had already beaten Liverpool at home this season and can now add the European champions to their list of top scalps.

“I think we played better against Liverpool than today, I think we can play a lot better than we did,” Moyes said. “I thought Chelsea were playing well, but our character gave us a chance. “

Masuaku’s goal was his Premier League first, but did the Congolese winger really want it?

“It was a big cross!” Moyes smirked. “But you have to put the ball in the box, you have to try it.

“It was a bit of a lucky goal, but midweek against Brighton a VAR decision was against us, so you have to take what you get in football and we won it 3-2.”

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