Thomas Tuchel questioned the commitment of his Chelsea players and admitted they were simply not good enough in their heavy friendly defeat to Arsenal on Saturday.
The Blues were thumped 4-0 by Premier League rivals Arsenal at Camping World Stadium in Orlando in the final game of their pre-season tour of the United States.
Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Albert Sambi Lokonga were all on target for the Gunners, who looked far sharper in front of the 64,000 watching spectators.
And with the new season just two weeks away, Chelsea head coach Tuchel is worried about what he saw from his side.
I think we deserved to lose – which is fair enough – because we were simply not good enough, he said.
We were absolutely not competitive. …