it s been a tough week for thomas tuchel s side after a heavy defeat to brentford at the weekend. chelsea did beat real madrid en route to the final last season, but tuchel says that will have no bearing on this evening. we need to be better on the pitch we are the first to admit it but we need the crowd to be better, supporters to be better. it was like this we need everybody on the front foot. when you play in turin, play in malmo, play in st petersburg, play in lille, it s super hard and it s much harder to play against the spectators, as well. and we will face it next week in madrid. so, yeah, everybody needs to be on top level. it had been thought that madrid boss and former chelsea manager, carlo ancelotti, wouldn t be able to return to stamford bridge due to covid. the italian tested positive last week and didn t travel to london yesterday with his squad. but he tested negative this morning and will now be in the dugout tonight. a big game in the premier league as well thi
sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin ra mjaun. chelsea are looking to follow in the footsteps of liverpool and manchester city and take the advantage, in their champions league tie later. they take on real madrid at stamford bridge this evening in the first leg of their quarter final. its been a tough week for thomas tuchel s side after a heavy defeat to brentford at the weekend. chelsea did beat real madrid en route to the final last season but tuchel says that will have no bearing on this evening. we need to be better on the pitch we are the first to admit it but we need the crowd to be better, supporters to be better. it was like this we need everybody on the front foot. when you play in turin, play in malmo, play in st petersburg, play in lille, it s super hard and it s much harder to play against the spectators, as well. and we will face it next week in madrid. so, yeah, everybody needs to be on top level. it had been thought that mad
kill me to believe the biggest and that small puts them on. whenever a all madrid face bus alone it s a clash that brings with fun. it s called tensions and never more than on saturday when the two spanish powerhouses meet in el classico just two days after the elections and cuts alone a whole region it s hard to imagine that if cuts alone you know wins independence boss alone i might be forced out of the league bringing classico to an end but for now all eyes will be on the pitch where rael will be hungry for a win. the pressure is on for around madrid sitting fourth in the league table and eleven points behind their arch rivals barcelona albeit with the game in hand the current league champions need victory but the madrid boss is playing down the importance of the tight. it s going to be the hardest game of the season barcelona against rit are beautiful but difficult. it s not a decisive game in the race for the only despite the points gap it s not the time