Thomas Tuchel admitted his Chelsea side were not good enough in a 1-0 home Premier League defeat by champions Manchester City on Saturday which ended Chelsea's unbeaten start to the season.
Chelsea's 5-3-2 formation was designed to frustrate City but offered little other than defensive solidity until Gabriel Jesus broke the deadlock with a shot on the turn in the 53rd minute.
"We lost the game and City deserved to win. Until the goal we were very strong in the last 20 metres of the field, but only there unfortunately," Tuchel told reporters. "We can debate and we won't have the answers. We played 5-3-2 but I don't think it was the structure," he said. Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku hardly got a look in apart from one effort that was disallowed for offside.
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