Marcos Alonso takes swipe at Frank Lampard’s tactics and hails Thomas Tuchel for transforming Chelsea’s defence

MARCOS ALONSO praised Thomas Tuchel for the crew spirit he has dropped at Chelsea whereas aiming a veiled dig at Frank Lampard.

The Spaniard, 31, fell out of favour below Lampard after the previous Blues boss signed Ben Chilwell.

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And the pair additionally had a private falling out after Alonso was alleged to have stormed out of The Hawthorns after being substituted in Chelsea’s 3-3 draw with West Brom.

Alonso believes his facet have improved considerably since Tuchel was introduced in to interchange Lampard, criticising the now Everton supervisor’s techniques.

In an interview with AS Alonso mentioned: “Since he (Tuchel) arrived, the crew took a leap tactically and when it got here to defending. We’re very pleased with it.

“We have been a really balanced crew. In these shut qualifiers, the little particulars make the distinction.

“We have been a crew in each approach. We defended very properly, we have been an uncomfortable crew to play with, we defended all eleven and the small particulars made the distinction.

“At this level within the Champions League every little thing may be very even and it is determined by very small particulars.”

Tuchel has reworked Chelsea’s defence since taking on with the Blues boasting the second-best defensive file within the league this season with 19 objectives conceded, behind Manchester Metropolis by one.

Underneath Lampard Chelsea have been ninth-best in that class and since his departure no crew has conceded much less Premier League objectives than Tuchel’s facet.

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Chelsea’s defensive shows have been key to their Champions League success too with simply two objectives conceded in seven knock-out matches, together with the ultimate.

Alonso has featured constantly below the German, deputising for Chilwell since he suffered a knee harm which has saved him out since November.

His absence means Alonso will function towards Actual Madrid within the Champions League quarter-finals.

And the Madrid-born defender shall be seeking to get one over on his former membership once more after Chelsea beat Los Blancos within the semi-final final 12 months.