Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says he is pleased with the victory against Tottenham hotspurs on Thursday night.
The Blues beat Jose Mourinho side 1-0 in the London derby after Jorginho calmly slotted the spot kick in the first half of the game.
“In general I am very pleased with the result, it is a deserved win,” he said.
“We were very good in the first half, very dominant and strong with the ball, good counter-pressing and we did not allow counter-attacks against one of the most dangerous sides.
“We lacked a little bit of precision in the box and composure to make it 2-0 and to score more goals and decide the match, so the second half was a bit hard. We had some easy ball loses, and we lost a little bit of ball possession and confidence, but we never lost the structure to defend, we never lost the intensity to push up high, and the courage to defend up high and up front, so I am very pleased.
“It is normal if you play a dominant game like this and you don’t score the second goal, it can happen that some minutes arrive when you have to suffer, but we were absolutely ready for that both mentally and physical, and I am super happy with the effort. We defended excellently.”
Tuchel further stated that they need to create more chances and also to be effective.
“We need to create more clear chances; this is the objective and the job from me. One of the hardest things in football is to score and keep calm, but we have trust in our players and we will work to create more clear chances, and to be more effective, but in general everyone wants to score with every half-chance but it is not like this in the Premier League.”
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