LONDON -- Perhaps Chelsea felt they didn't have enough to play for as it is. Either side of this weekend's FA Cup final and the Champions League final at the end of the month, the Blues now face a needlessly nervous end to their Premier League campaign after slipping to a 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal.
This was almost entirely a mess of their own making. Thomas Tuchel made seven changes to the team that won at Manchester City on Saturday, setting the tone for a disjointed display that lacked the intensity and precision that has epitomised Chelsea during the German tactician's tenure.