Thomas Tuchel’s extended honeymoon period at Chelsea is well and truly over.
The first 10 months of the German’s reign were serene as the Blues won the Champions League and looked set to mount a Premier League title challenge this term.
But dropped points, poor performances and unhappy players have made for an uncomfortable few weeks at Stamford Bridge.
After a 1-1 draw at Brighton last night made it four league games without a win, we look at what has gone wrong for Tuchel’s Blues.
Poor run.
There are plenty of stats that paint just how badly Chelsea have dropped off, both recently and over a longer period.
The Blues have won one more league game than Norwich and eight fewer than Manchester City since the start of November.
They have dropped 16 points from their last 10 outings, including picking up just three points from four clashes since a Boxing Day win at Aston Villa.
Fixtures against Liverpool and City after the turn of the year were never going to be easy — but teams with genuine chances of winning the league know they must pick up more than one point from them.
Speaking last night, BBC pundit and former England international Karen Carney said: “There was something not quite right. The energy is not quite right.
“Thomas Tuchel is trying to shout tactics and I think they can hear it but can’t do it right now for whatever reason, and then he is frustrated.”
