CHELSEA put one foot into the Champions League quarter-finals with a comfortable 2-0 victory against French Champions Lille.
Boss Thomas Tuchel would have been happy with the performance, but was left slightly red-faced after dropping his chewing gum mid-match.
Tuchel’s chewing gum dropped out of his mouth as he screamed at his players
The Chelsea boss tried to catch the gum as it fell to the floor
Thomas Tuchel lost his gum
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Clearly the German boss wasn’t too happy with his side despite Kai Havertz’s early opener.
He was seen barking instructions to his players from the touchline just past the half an hour mark at Stamford Bridge.
But he got so worked up his chewing gum was sent flying out of his mouth while he berated his stars.
Tuchel tried to catch the sticky snack as it fell to the ground but butterfingers from the Blues boss saw it slip away from his grasp.
He then looked even more fuming as he bent down to pick it up, and shouted as he marched back to the dugout to dispose of it.
The 48-year-old didn’t get away with the mishap either, as he was quizzed on the incident in his post-match press conference.
Tuchel revealed: “I was shouting and chewing at the same time which is obviously not [a good] combination.
“Normally I catch it, but I did not catch it today.
“So you have something to laugh about me… which you like obviously.”
He comments were met with chuckles from reporters as he joked about losing his mid-game gum.
Tuchel and Co head to France in two weeks time for the return leg with a healthy 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic.
The latter grabbed headlines for his questionable attempt at the ‘Griddy’ celebration after scoring.
Pulisic danced away after netting the second against Lille, but was slammed on social media for his stiff moves.
One fan said on Twitter: “That was genuinely the worst Griddy i’ve ever seen.”
