Thomas Tuchel admitted Chelsea might not be prepared for the upcoming season as a lot of players are thinking about leaving. “I am far from relaxed. We deserved to lose which is fair enough because we were simply not good enough. We were simply not competitive,” Thomas Tuchel admitted.
“The worrying part is that the level of commitment physically and mentally for this match was far higher for Arsenal than for us. They played I think what is their strongest line-up and structure that you see now for several weeks. This was the line-up they will try to start for Premier League games.
“It was surely not our strongest line-up. This is a part of an explanation but only a little part and the other part is worrying.
“I cannot guarantee we will be ready in two weeks [for the start of the season]. I saw a team from Arsenal that had an idea of how to play to a level of exhaustion and a level of physical commitment that we could not match. And also a level of mental commitment which we lack because we have a lot of players who think about leaving, are looking for other options, and we have players who left.
“I think this at the moment is obvious.
“My analysing of the season does not change because of this game. Unfortunately, it proved my point. The last week proves my point. I would absolutely prefer not to be right. I did everything to prove myself wrong but at the moment I feel that I was right.
“So we had an urgent appeal for quality players, a huge amount of quality players. We got two quality players but we are not competitive like this. Unfortunately you could see it today.”
