Thomas Tuchel admits the two wins over Manchester City in recent weeks give Chelsea ‘genuine belief’ heading into the Champions League final on May 29.
After
their 1-0 win over City in the FA Cup semi finals last month, Chelsea bagged
their second victory over Pep Guardiola’s side on Saturday evening.
Goals
from Hakim Ziyech and a stoppage time winner from Marcos Alonso sealed a second
half comeback for the Blues in the dress rehearsal for the Champions League
final.
It’s two
wins down for Tuchel and his men against Manchester City, but the important
clash awaits. The big one, the European final.
Tuchel
says the wins give his side ‘confidence’ and ‘genuine belief’ as they look to
lift their second Champions League trophy.
“It will
not change too much no matter what the result was. But surely it is not a
disadvantage to us to have this experience in such a short time to have the
possibility to beat them twice.
“We know
very well that if you play a final, the context is very special. You have to
fight for every centimetre and little advantage that you can win that game.
Yes, it gives us the true and genuine belief that we can do it because we have
already done it.
“We will try to conserve this feeling and
momentum for our arrival in Istanbul. We arrive with our target and clear
objective to win. The best way to play a final is through confidence and I
think we can conserve the feelings from these matches.”
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