Thomas Tuchel says he has ‘no worries and no regrets’ after Chelsea’s loss to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final.
The German made the decision to swap goalkeeper Edouard Mendy for Kepa Arrizabalaga as the game went to penalties.
Kepa ended up missing a penalty as Liverpool took out the shootout 11-10.
“Football can be a brilliant game and it was a brilliant game, no worries and no regrets,” Tuchel said.
“We gave everything and it was a brilliant match of football. The disallowed goal for Romelu is a very close call – there are bad feelings about this call.
“You need a bit of luck, we scored three times, had big chances, they had big chances, It was a fair result all the way to have a draw.
“We did it before with Kepa, he is slightly better in penalty saving and that is why I made the decision. It is unusual all 11 players need to shoot, he took it a bit too quick. Sometimes these things can turn against you but you make them when they need to be made, not after when people can judge you.
“In the middle of the storm it is pretty calm. We can allow ourselves to focus on what we love the most, playing football. We know there are bigger things than football going on.”
On whether anything will change at the club with yesterday’s ownership statement
Tuchel insists Roman Abramovich’s decision to hand over stewardship of Chelsea will “change absolutely nothing” for his role at the club.
Abramovich is “giving trustees of Chelsea’s charitable foundation the stewardship and care” of the club amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Very confident on a daily basis and how we handle things will not change. For the news yesterday, I think that it will change absolutely nothing for me on a daily basis. This is how I understand it. I am in close contact with Marina and Petr Cech to run the first team of football at Chelsea Football Club and give my input and to take care about this. I give my very best that we are able to win football matches and this will not change. I think it will not change with the news from yesterday.”
Tuchel on whether anything will change at the club with yesterday’s ownership statement
