It goes without saying that Thomas Tuchel has had better weekends.
Having been denied his first English trophy by Leicester City in Saturday’s FA Cup final, the Chelsea manager walked into his front room 24 hours later to find the fight for a top four place had just got a little bit harder too.
‘I came home in the afternoon and I switched on the TV and saw 1-1 with Liverpool and West Brom,’ said Tuchel. ‘I thought, “Oh, that wouldn’t be a bad result”.
‘I was a bit superstitious so I did not follow it.