Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has named Manchester City and
Bayern Munich as teams setting the ‘benchmark’ in Europe.
Man City faces Chelsea in the semi-final of the FA Cup at
Wembley at the weekend, as Pep Guardiola’s side is also on the verge of winning
the Premier League title.
City also made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League
on Wednesday and will face Paris Saint-Germain for a place in the final.
Tuchel
still rates Bayern Munich as one of the two best teams in Europe along with
Manchester City despite the German’s crashing out to Paris Saint-Germain in the
quarter-final.
Tuchel
also vowed to hunt Manchester City from the first day of the 2021/22 season and
challenge them for titles.
“In
Europe, for me, there are two teams that are the benchmark: Manchester City and
Bayern Munich,” Tuchel told the press ahead of FA Cup semi-final clash with Man
City.
“We
have to accept there is a gap between us and Manchester City. If you look at
the fixtures in the last few years we have to accept them, but without making
us feel too small.
“Man
City are on the verge of winning the Premier League (Picture: Getty) ‘From day
one of next season we will hunt them and try to close the gap.
“I
don’t think these teams are chess teams,’ Tuchel said.
“English
football, City’s game, our game is about intensity without the ball. So I
expect a high-intensity match, Tuchel said, as Chelsea reaches first Champions
League semi-final in seven years
“City
define themselves with a clear DNA and style. They want the ball and high ball
recoveries. We want that too so we have to fight for these moments and make
them suffer.
“We
are in a good moment. We had a setback against West Brom but we had an
excellent response.
“We
had tough challenges to face and we did two very good, intense matches. It was
a good challenge against Porto.
“If
we manage to beat Manchester City it will be a huge boost. If not we will have
to take it as a challenge and opportunity to grow because we have big fights
coming up.
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