Edouard Mendy had a disastrous moment in goal for Chelsea as they fell to a dreadful 3-0 defeat against Leeds at Elland Road. The goalkeeper was caught on the ball by Brenden Aaronson as the Leeds man was gifted the simplest of finishes, before Rodrigo quickly brought up his fourth goal of the season.
Chelsea had the occasional dangerous moment in their bid to halve the deficit, but Jack Harrison made sure of the result with 20 minutes remaining as he finished from close range. Kalidou Koulibaly was sent off late on to cap a truly woeful afternoon for the visitors.
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After last week’s disappointment for Chelsea, conceding a last-minute equaliser against Tottenham, this was their first defeat of the campaign and came in particularly worrying fashion for Thomas Tuchel, who will be hoping that a busy end to the transfer window can give the club a significant boost.
Thomas Tuchel said, “We lost it in the first 20 minutes where we were good, clearly better, had huge chances. If you want to win the game, you need to convert these chances.
“If you start so well, we did not, we lost track and did not do anymore of what made us strong. It made it an even game and in this period we gave two presents away. That was it.
“We did not do what we did for 20 minutes [in the first half and losing track]. We stopped doing, had different ideas, we did not execute repetitive what we wanted to do and did in the beginning of the match.”
Memorable afternoon for the hosts as they blow Chelsea away, with pretty much everything going wrong for the visitors.
