Thomas Tuchel lauds 'wonderful achievement' of his Chelsea facet after handing Juventus their largest ever Champions League defeat, insisting mixture of academy stars and gamers from overseas make them 'particular'
Thomas Tuchel insisted his gamers will maintain their toes on the bottom after they marked his fiftieth match in command of Chelsea by blowing away Juventus.
Chelsea introduced up Tuchel's half century in fashion, sending Juventus to their largest ever Champions League defeat.
It was a press release of intent victory from holders Chelsea and warning to the remainder of Europe that they are going to be main contenders for the continent's largest trophy as soon as once more.
The thumping victory noticed them leapfrog Juventus to go prime of Group H and go away them in pole place to be seeded within the last-16.
Tuchel mentioned: 'It was a very nice match to be a 50th match. What an effort, what an attitude.
'To score so many goals against a team who defend so well is an amazing achievement. It's necessary now to get pleasure from it, not get carried away however get pleasure from it.
'Wednesday is a day off and they fully deserve it and then from Thursday we will prepare for the next match. We will keep the feet on the ground but it was a very strong match of course.'
Chelsea's first three targets had been scored by academy graduates Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi earlier than Timo Werner added a late fourth.
Tuchel mentioned: 'This is what makes team special. Not only the superstars and best players from abroad which we also have in our squad but it's the combination.
'To have talented, humble guys from the academy full of quality and it's their largest dream to carry out in Stamford Bridge, to carry out in Blue, be a part of a robust Chelsea staff that is so good to be a part of it. It's one other glorious day for the academy.'
Knee accidents to Ben Chilwell and N'Golo Kante forward of Sunday's conflict with Manchester United took a number of the shine off a memorable night time for Chelsea.
On Chilwell, who limped off within the second half, Tuchel mentioned: 'It worries me because he was in such a fantastic moment like Reece on the other side.
'They were in the best shape they could possibly be, so strong, full of confidence and such a lot of quality.
'He was in a lot of pain, now he feels a lot better. We have an examination tomorrow to be more precise. We hope for the best, hopefully we get away fingers crossed with not too bad news.'
On Kante who was taken off within the first half, Tuchel added: 'He got stronger and stronger in the first half and then twisted his knee a little bit so hopefully it's not too unhealthy.'
