Thomas Tuchel has made an unbeaten start to his Chelsea managerial reign (Picture: Getty)Sam Allardyce admits he is envious of the attacking options at the disposal of Chelsea’s new manager Thomas Tuchel who will be hoping to extend the unbeaten start he has made to his Premier League managerial career against the struggling Baggies this weekend. Roman Abramovich’s decision to ruthlessly dispose of club legend Frank Lampard in January has been immediately vindicated with Tuchel masterminding a run of 14 games without defeat in all competitions. AdvertisementAdvertisementCentral to Chelsea’s improvement has been a defence which has kept an astonishing 12 clean sheets and blunted the formidable attacks of Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United in recent weeks. Chelsea have kept 12 clean sheets in the 14 games Thomas Tuchel has taken charge of (Picture: Getty)He said: ‘Fantastic because he’s done the right thing. AdvertisementAdvertisement‘I think normally it’s us playing counter-attacking football, playing quick, sharp, forward passes to maybe exploit the spaces Chelsea will leave.

Source: Metro April 02, 2021 09:11 UTC