Tuchel pleased with 'amazing performance and fantastic result' against Juventus

Tuchel hails Chelsea victory over Juve [Getty]

Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Callum Hudson-Odoi, and Timo Werner all helped the Blues beat Serie A giants Juventus 4-0 in the Champions League.

Thomas Tuchel heaped praise on his Blues after they sealed a 4-0 victory over Juventus, labelling their display as an amazing performance.

The Blues eased into the last-16 of the Champions League with a superb victory over Serie A giants Juventus at Stamford Bridge.

Trevoh Chalobah broke the deadlock in his first start in Europe’s elite competition as he found the target after the ball accidentally struck defender Antonio Rudiger's hand.

Ex-Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata came close to scoring the equaliser moments later but Thiago Silva cleared the ball off the line.

Then full-back Reece James doubled the lead for the hosts with a powerful strike in the second half - his fifth goal of the 2021-22 season.

Callum Hudson-Odoi soon made it 3-0 with a close range effort, before substitute Timo Werner, who only returned from injury, wrapped up the victory for the west London club.

The win leaves the European champions, who have conceded only one goal in this Champions League season, on the same points with Massimo Allegri’s team - 12 points in the group stage.

'An amazing performance'

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel told BT Sport: "We wanted to stay patient but at the same time not fall asleep. We wanted to increase the rhythm and intensity. It's so tough to create and score but we created so much. An amazing performance and a fantastic result.

"We were sharper than in Turin, we trook more risks, something we lacked in Turin. By control you cannot hurt them - you need to penetrate with runs off the ball. We were very good and scored nice goals.

"I feel very aware that we do the invisible work and when we have to defend we really defend and dig in."

On injuries to Ben Chilwell and N'Golo Kante, Tuchel said: "Ben has a sharp pain in the knee. N'Golo twisted his knee a little bit. They will both be examined tomorow. They are very sad things because N'Golo was very good before he went off and Chilly has been in a fantastic moment."

When asked about keeping his squad happy, the German replied: "The best thing to keep them happy is to win and everyone has to fight for their place. We still have some tough decisions. I feel like they are disappointed [when left out] but they will never let the team down and show it for too long and it doesn't affect their work ethic.

“We are in a good place. Sometimes you take tough decisions - it's like this in football. The best thing is to win and we want to keep on winning.”

This was Thomas Tuchel’s 50th match in charge of Chelsea in all competitions, and the 32nd win (D11 L7). The west London club have registered 31 clean sheets in those 50 matches, more than any other side in Europe’s big-five leagues since his first game in charge in January, and they've conceded just 24 goals.

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