hit out at his players for failing to keep a clean sheet once again in their defeat to .
’s men secured a huge three points in their bid to avoid the drop as .
Everton were gifted a goal though after Cesar Azpilicueta took too long on the ball on the edge of the box and was robbed of possession by the Brazilian striker.
Unsurprisingly, Tuchel was not impressed with the defending he saw with his team keeping just one clean sheet in their last four matches.
‘We conceded in the first minute of the second half and it becomes more difficult,. The way we gave this goal away was absolutely unnecessarily. If we keep on giving goals away it ends up in the results we have had recently,’ the German said.
‘We hate to lose, we are responsible for it, it was our responsibility in Old Trafford to not have more – we struggle to have consecutive clean sheets and top performances and that is why we lost today.
‘We have to be without mistakes, disciplined in your positions and don’t make mistakes.
‘When you have that much possession, we did not play our best match but we were in control, and then we gave a goal away and it kills the game for us because it is everything the opponent wants. It is a huge pattern in our season.
‘We have now four matches in the last two weeks and one clean sheet, that needs to change – if we try to get away with OK performances that is not good for us, we are a team that needs to be on the very top limit on every match basis. If we try to get away with OK we lose games.
‘We struggle with concentration and determination levels and you see that in the last four matches.’
Chelsea are next in action against Leeds on Wednesday night.
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