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Angry Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel insists it was 'very difficult to play' on Stamford Bridge pitch after surprise loss against Arsenal - and German admits it is 'doubtful' whether he got his tactics and team selection right on the night

Thomas Tuchel hit out the state of the pitch, fumed at his error-strewn team and sympathised with angry fans as Chelsea crumbled to a third home defeat in a row.

'You cannot win football games like this,' snapped Tuchel after Arsenal's 4-2 victory at Stamford Bridge. 'It's impossible to do these things in consecutive matches and we're doing it.

'You simply don't see this, but we're doing it at the moment.'

Thomas Tuchel hit out the state of the pitch and fumed at his error-strewn Chelsea team
Andreas Christensen's mistake led to Arsenal's first goal and the Dane was subbed at half-time

He insisted it was not down to the absence of Toni Rudiger, ruled out by injury last night.