Thomas Tuchel bizarrely blamed a cancelled flight for Chelsea’s humiliating 3-Zero defeat at Elland Highway, refusing to offer Leeds any credit score for the way in which they dismantled his aspect.

The Blues fell behind after 33 minutes when goalkeeper Edouard Mendy gifted the ball to Brenden Aaronson to attain. 

Rodrigo doubled Leeds’ benefit 4 minutes later when he headed in a free-kick from Jack Harrison, who netted himself within the second half earlier than Kalidou Koulibaly was despatched off with six minutes to go.

Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel has cited journey points as the rationale for Chelsea’s defeat

Raheem Sterling and his Chelsea teammates had been dismantled by Leeds at Elland Highway

Nevertheless, tetchy Tuchel claimed Chelsea had been the higher staff earlier than Mendy’s mistake and used the teaching workers’s disrupted journey plans on Saturday as an excuse.

‘All the pieces that may go improper, did go improper,’ stated the Chelsea boss. ‘It began yesterday. We had no airplane arrive so we got here on the bus. The gamers may fly however for the teaching workers it was a protracted trip on the bus.

‘It continued in the present day. We misplaced the sport within the first 20 minutes, the place we had been clearly higher and had enormous possibilities. We missed the goal and didn’t take what we deserved. We created sufficient possibilities to be 2-Zero up.

New summer time signing Kalidou Koulibaly was despatched off late-on within the Premier League encounter

Tuchel refused to credit score Leeds for his or her beautiful efficiency when talking after the sport

‘We had been clearly the higher staff after which we gave two presents. We misplaced our self-discipline. We scored an personal objective (Mendy’s mistake) and gave away an inexpensive set-piece and conceded from a set-piece. They’re errors.

‘It’s nothing to do with urgent, nothing to do with working much less kilometres and nothing to do with the type of Leeds. I don’t see the connection that we misplaced to the type of Leeds.

‘For you, that is the story, for me it’s not. It’s extra our fault than anyone else’s credit score.’

Leeds produced a stellar exhibiting as their three objectives went unanswered by Chelsea

Responding to Tuchel’s declare that Leeds’ type of play didn’t contribute to the end result, residence supervisor Jesse Marsch stated: ‘He can have his opinion however our method of taking part in dictated the match nearly solely. It made them make errors.’

Mendy’s howler got here when he managed Thiago Silva’s backpass and tried to take the ball across the urgent Aaronson, who tackled him a yard from objective.

‘I don’t know whether it is needed to talk rather a lot, he is aware of it’s a mistake,’ stated Tuchel.

‘All people on this planet sees that mistake and it’s a enormous mistake in a vital time of the match. It doesn’t assist. He’s the one who’s most disenchanted. It value us rather a lot in the present day.’

Leeds moved as much as third within the Premier League standings following a second season victory

Tuchel additionally criticised centre again Koulibaly, who was proven a second yellow card for pulling again Joe Gelhardt.

‘It’s a little bit of a mirrored image of the frustration nevertheless it can not occur,’ he added.