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. it is not a point to prove again or whatever, we are out there to prove a point anyway and to bounce back from saturday s performance and to play in the right way, in the way we want to play to come out to be physical, intense, focused and to be on our very best, because this is what we need. a big game in the premier league as well this evening, with strugglers everton going to burnley who are second from bottom and equally hungry for a win. despite the high stakes, everton boss frank lampard says he is looking forward to it. tension can be a good thing. it can also go the other way.
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