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tuchel-on-the-importance-of-confidence-against-city-and-thiago-s
Tuchel on the importance of confidence against City and Thiago Silva's future
24 Sep 2021
Ahead of facing Manchester City, the Chelsea boss considers how important
the result could be, and he also assess Thiago Silva's chances of
extending his stay…
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Fine details are likely to decide tomorrow's big match at Stamford Bridge
reckons Thomas Tuchel and whichever way the result goes, he insists it
will not be a significant blow against a title rival.
As would have been expected before the season began, Chelsea and
Manchester City are among the earlier pacesetters heading into the sixth
round of Premier League matches, and although there is a chance the Blues
could end Saturday six points ahead of the reigning domestic champions,
Tuchel is not concentrating on what the eventual outcome could be.
'Before we talk about the results, we need to focus on the input and what
we need to deliver,' he said at his pre-match press conference.
'And then we need to accept that at this kind of level in these kinds of
matches, you need the momentum, you need a bit of luck, you need the close
decisions on your side - offside or no offside, post and in or post and
out - these kinds of things decide it and tomorrow after the game we can
judge what kind of result it is, if it's deserved or not, and then we can
keep on going.
'Let's be honest, if we win tomorrow we will not be crowned as champions
then, and if City wins tomorrow, they will not be the champions and we
will not be in depression.
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Chelsea playing with confidence against City in Porto
'At this kind of level it's absolutely important that we play with
confidence,' added the boss.
'It is important that we accept the difficulties, that we play through
pain and play through fatigue. Then you need to take advantage if you feel
the moment to escape the pressure. If you have in the moment the
confidence to find the technical solution, you do it but you need to be
very aware of all the solutions because if spaces open against Man City,
they open up for only a blink of an eye.
'We don't need a miracle to compete with them but we need our best
performance.'
Able to bring his best performance in our most recent Premier League game
was Thiago Silva who earned rave reviews for his contribution to the big
win at Tottenham. Tuchel discussed the possibility of the defender, who
turned 37 on Wednesday, extending his time at Chelsea into a third season.
'It's on him. I cannot answer this question right now but hopefully he can
continue to perform at this kind of level. That's all it needs to stay
here. It's as easy and as clear as that.
'We want top performances and when you play for Chelsea, you need to
deliver, and this is what he's doing.
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'That he is a top professional is a given, because otherwise it would not
be possible that he plays on that kind of level for so many years, but the
age does not play a role. The only question we need to ask at the end of
the season is whether he is still on the level that we need at Chelsea to
compete for everything in every competition - yes or no, it's as easy as
that.
'And we have time for that. We don't need to answer that question right
now, but he's in a good place and we are happy.'