Thomas Tuchel Believes Chelsea Can Match Man City Standards

Thomas Tuchel is not scared to voice his ambitions with Chelsea.

The German boss wants to challenge for the Premier League title next season.

“If you read these numbers out loud then it seems not,” Tuchel said ahead of Thursday’s showdown with Liverpool. “But we should not limit our thoughts. We should try and not prepare for excuses.

“The amount of points shows how big the gap is. But it has to be the ambition to close it as fast as possible.

“It’s a thin line between the argument and giving already an excuse to myself and the players. I don’t want to do that. It’s not my nature and you can only push yourself to the limit if you don’t accept it from the beginning.

“Will we close the gap to City this season? No. But next season on we start with zero points. City were in trouble this season and nobody took advantage. It’s proven in sports that you can do an extraordinary step, improve staff and grow if you catch the momentum.

“Now we are challenging for top four, which was a big task when we stepped in, and from next year we will challenge for all titles.”

Chelsea are 14 points behind the Cityzens in the Premier League table right now.