Thomas Tuchel: Chelsea are currently lacking in 'belief and precision'

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel believes his side are lacking in ‘belief and precision’ despite their hard fought win against Leicester City.

The Blues beat the Foxes 2-1 on Saturday afternoon to claim their second Premier League victory of the season.

Tuchel was in the stands for the match though as a result of his touchline ban issued by the FA after the fiery events at the full-time whistle against Tottenham a couple of weeks ago.

Raheem Sterling’s brace was enough to help seal the win at Stamford Bridge, with the 27-year-old netting his first competitive goal for the club just after the break.

They had to work hard to secure the three points, particularly after Conor Gallagher was sent off in the first half for a second yellow card offence.

Even though they came out on top at the full-time whistle, Tuchel does not believe his side are showing high levels of ‘belief and precision’.

When speaking to the media after the match he commented on Gallagher’s dismissal, which is Chelsea’s third red card in as many games.

"Today he is responsible for what he did,” said the German.

“Of course, he knows it was a huge mistake. We spoke briefly after the game and things like this can happen. 

“It's not purely his fault alone because it's a set-piece for us and it's sloppy how we take set-pieces at the moment.

“We lack belief and precision. We can speak it out clearly. It’s not good enough how we take set-pieces at the moment and on top of it, we give chances away. 

“We are sloppy on the coverage, bad with the decision making how we cover the set-pieces. We have to stop doing this and improve immediately.

Conor Gallagher is sent off against Leicester City. (Alamy)

“We are on it with the team and I don’t know why it happened again.

“At the end of this chain is a decision that brings such a huge disadvantage after 25 minutes. It’s a very, very bad decision from Conor and, of course, he is upset. 

“Everybody was upset in this moment because it almost kills the whole football match."

Tuchel was full of praise for Thiago Silva after the game, with the 37-year-old defending well in the latter stages of the match as Chelsea held onto the win.

He said: “He's always key. Every player is key.

“It suited him to defend deep and in the box, around the box. This is what he loves and is very best in. That's why we changed to a back three in the second half with a man down."