Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has conceded his first-choice goalkeeper Edouard Mendy seems to have lost some confidence after his two errors saw them lose 3-2 away at West Ham on Saturday.
With the Blues a goal up, Mendy gave away a penalty which Manuel Lanzini converted. However, Maso Mount restored the lead for the visitors just before the half-time break.
A strike by Jarrod Bowen made it 2-2 and when it looked like it was going to end in a draw, Arthur Masuaku caught the goalkeeper out of position to secure the win for West Ham.
“[Mendy] is going through a rough period, I don’t know why exactly but he seems to have lost a bit of confidence,” Tuchel said in a post-match interview.
️ "He seems to have lost a bit of confidence."
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“His decision making was not on the highest level [on Saturday] but with the first goal we also put him in a really awkward situation.
“He could have saved the situation, he did not, and we are far away from blaming anybody but we need to admit that we do too many crucial mistakes at the moment that cost us a potential win against Man United and cost us [on Saturday] a potential win.”
The defeat has Chelsea in third on the league standings behind Man City and Liverpool.