Thomas Tuchel bizarrely blamed a cancelled flight for Chelsea‘s humiliating 3-Zero defeat at Elland Highway, refusing to provide Leeds any credit score for the best way they dismantled his facet.

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 have been dismantled by Leeds at Elland Highway

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

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

‘It continued at this time. We misplaced the sport within the first 20 minutes, the place we have been clearly higher and had big probabilities. We missed the goal and didn’t take what we deserved. We created sufficient probabilities 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 have been clearly the higher group 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 model of Leeds. I do not see the connection that we misplaced to the model 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’ model of play didn’t contribute to the consequence, house supervisor Jesse Marsch stated: ‘He can have his opinion however our method of enjoying dictated the match virtually 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 do not know whether it is needed to talk lots, he is aware of it’s a mistake,’ stated Tuchel.

‘Everyone on the earth sees that mistake and it’s a big mistake in an important time of the match. It doesn’t assist. He’s the one who’s most upset. It value us lots at this time.’

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 but it surely can’t occur,’ he added.