Thomas Tuchel has challenged his Chelsea players to turnaround the inconsistency of our home form, but admits it is difficult to pinpoint an exact reason as to why we have lost our last three at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues twice fought back against Arsenal in midweek, but collective failings and individual errors condemned us to a third straight home defeat for the first time since 1993.
However, history is on our side as West Ham make the trip from east to west London on Sunday. Chelsea have avoided defeat in 14 of the last 15 tussles between the pair at the Bridge, but the boss warns we must cut costly errors out of our game if we are to continue our streak against the Hammers.
‘The match (against Arsenal), even if the result is pretty similar - for me it did not have the same similarities like the match against Real Madrid and Brentford at home, in terms of we were not disciplined enough with the ball or we were dragged out of shape,’ Tuchel says.
‘It's obvious that we are behind, it's very unusual for me over the last years, not only here. I don't know what it is. If we had a solution, we would switch dressing rooms or take another hotel,’ Tuchel joked. ‘Though this would be more superstition than anything else. I have no solution, but it's not the level we want to produce in home games,' the Bavarian adds.
‘It's a bit fragile at the moment. It was against Brentford and Real Madrid. It was better in the next three games. We had a good start to the match [against Arsenal], I was very happy with the energy and quality.
‘Sometimes, it is a bit like “oh not again” and once you get this feeling, it is hard to get rid of it again. Sometimes it is not even a problem, tactically or the shape, but instead it is due to pure quality from the opponent which you have to accept.
‘It is hard to separate this from mistakes, whether it was not enough or was it simply very difficult to defend these chances. It can happen that the feeling creeps in that you don’t want to have in a home game. You want to feel you are capable of coming back.’
Though Tuchel has told his players to maintain belief we can take maximum points from our remaining four matches in front of the Stamford Bridge faithful this season.
'It is now a job of convincing the players to keep on going, and the supporters to keep pushing and hang in there. We have a lot to build and rely on. Don't get superstitious now. Don't believe in things that aren't there. It is another challenge on top.’