Chelsea boss Tuchel proud of victory against Man City: It could've been lost in 4 minutes | OneFootball

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admits getting the players in at halftime was key to victory over Manchester City.

A goal conceded, an injury sustained in the process, and then a penalty given away with 10 men on the pitch made it a disastrous end for Chelsea to an otherwise largely forgettable first half.

But, Edouard Mendy saved Sergio Aguero's attempted paneka spot-kick so the deficit stood at one as the teams headed for the dressing rooms. Then Chelsea turned things around around the break…

"We were lucky it did not take too much to come back and stay in the match, because we were lucky not to be 2-0 down," admitted Tuchel afterwards.

"It was not a tactical problem or a big drama in the first half, it was three or four minutes, one situation where Andreas slipped and we conceded. That can happen. Then suddenly we were one man down and in this moment we lost a little bit the structure and concede a very harsh decision.

"Could we have lost the game in these four minutes? Yes. Would it have been deserved? No. I am very happy Mendy kept us in the game.

"At half-time we said let's continue like it is 0-0 and not lose our heads because of the last three minutes. From there we could go and step up and try and play with courage, have more possession and more possession in their half. This is what the guys did.

"The momentum changed completely with the goal. I could feel everybody were growing in confidence. We played with more and more quality and pressure. We never stopped attacking.

"It's a huge win, a big reaction and a fantastic team performance in the second half in the context we had one less day to recover, it was away, and we had a big win against Real Madrid. That had a huge impact mentally so that was a fantastic reaction from the boys."