At 22:00 Beijing time on April 2, a match in the 31st round of the Premier League began to compete, and Chelsea faced the weak team Brentford at home. Chelsea's record in the league is not bad, although the gap with Manchester City Liverpool is relatively large, but the 3rd place is not bad. Moreover, in other arenas, including the Champions League and the FA Cup, Chelsea is also thriving. Prior to that, Chelsea had won six consecutive wins in all competitions. This time Chelsea are facing 15th-placed Brentford in the league. Chelsea narrowly won by one goal in the first leg of the first leg, but Chelsea, who are now back at home, have exploded and lost to Brentford.
Tuchel discharged the 433 formation. Mendy served as the starting goalkeeper. Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Rudiger and Alonso are paired at 4 defenders. Kante, Cheek and Mount make up the 3 midfielders. The attacking combination of Ziyech, Havertz and Werner joined forces. Lukaku, Jorginho, Kovacic, Saul, Rees James and Kepa are all on the bench.
Shortly after the game started, Eriksen shot straight into the free-kick and kicked high. Four minutes later, Mendy made a low-level mistake and sent the ball to his opponent, which gave Ivan Tony the opportunity to hang the empty goal. Unfortunately, Ivan Tony's hanging kick was deflected and Chelsea escaped. In the 10th minute, Ivan Tony's header went high over the bar. In the 21st minute, Mount tried a long-range shot of his own from outside the penalty area, which was deflected. Nine minutes later, Cheek broke through with the ball and pushed to the front of the penalty area, he did not choose to pass, but shot from a distance, but played too well and lacked strength, and the goalkeeper steadily took the ball off.
In the 38th minute, Ziyech swung the ball inward from the right side of the penalty area and fired a powerful shot that the goalkeeper saved the ball off the line. The save was very beautiful. At half-time, the score was still 0-0! Chelsea had 69 percent possession in the first half, with seven shots on goal and five shots on target, but none of them scored. Brentford also had a lot of shots on goal in the first half, with 6 shots on goal, only 1 shot on target, and also failed to score.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 47th minute, Rudiger exploded from the edge of the box and the ball hit the inside of the upright and bounced into the goal. It is inconceivable that such a long distance can be reached. Chelsea take the lead! However, after only 2 minutes, Brentford equalized! Jenelt equalised for Brentford, his shot hanging straight into the corner.
In the 53rd minute, Brentford scored again! Relying on a counter-attack opportunity, Mbeumo sent a cross and Eriksen swept in. Six minutes later, Chelsea were pierced again, Ivan Tony sent the ball straight in and Jenelt stepped forward to shoot with a single knife. It's incredible. Chelsea conceded three goals in 10 minutes and collapsed!
In the 64th minute, Havertz scored, but was ruled invalid for handball. Five minutes later, Havertz's low shot was deflected wide. In the 86th minute, Visa, who came off the bench, also scored. Chelsea was actually fed four goals. ultimately. Chelsea lost 4-1 to Brentford and suffered a reversal to burst out a super big upset. It was a humiliating match in Tuchel's Chelsea coaching career.