Thomas Tuchel has made a massive impact since his arrival at Chelsea – but how does his start at the club compare to Jurgen Klopp's first year at Liverpool?
Tuchel replaced Frank Lampard in the dugout in January 2021 when the Blues found themselves ninth in the Premier League table.
The German helped Chelsea finish fourth in 2020-21 and also took them to the Champions League and FA Cup finals, winning the former.
He's added the Super Cup and Club World Cup to his CV this season and will come up against Liverpool in the 2022 EFL Cup final.
His impressive work at Stamford Bridge has seen him compared with compatriot Klopp, who took over at Liverpool in October 2015.
After making steady progress at the beginning, Klopp helped the Reds win the Champions League in 2019 before ending their long wait for a Premier League title.
We've compared Tuchel's first 70 games in charge of Chelsea to Klopp's first 70 games at Liverpool to see who comes out on top. Note: we've included Chelsea's Club World Cup semi-final even though Tuchel missed the game due to illness.
As the stats show, Tuchel averaged more points per game, recorded a higher win rate and had a lower loss rate than the Liverpool manager.
While Klopp's side were arguably more entertaining and averaged more goals per game, they also had a very leaky defence at the start of his reign.
Most importantly, Tuchel also won three trophies during his first year in England while Klopp lost in both the EFL Cup and Europa League finals.
Thomas Tuchel
Played: 70
Won: 43
Drawn: 18
Lost: 9
Goals for: 117
Goals against: 44
Clean sheets: 37
Points per game: 2.1
Win rate: 61.4%
Loss rate: 12.8%
Goals per game: 1.67
Goals against per game: 0.62
Trophies won: 3 (Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup)
Jurgen Klopp
Played: 70
Won: 36
Drawn: 20
Lost: 14
Goals for: 134
Goals against: 77
Clean sheets: 24
Points per game: 1.82
Win rate: 51.4%
Loss rate: 20%
Goals per game: 1.91
Goals against per game: 1.1
Trophies won: 0
Liverpool_4_Life
98
The truth is that Liverpool were in a bad state when Klopp took over whereas for Chelsea, Lampard had done most of the work. It was just a matter of time for him since he did make the right player choices.
sisbdity
57
Really you are comapring the team klopp had for his first season with this chelsea team [Hitface]
Happiich
45
Liverpool fans should be realistic. Give cuddles to those who deserved it. Don’t be bias football fan. JKlopp is good but TTuchel has done a great job in his first year than Klopp at Liverpool. Forget the squad depth. Lampard couldn’t bring out the best in them. TT came in and change the situation. What are Liverpool fans trying to insinuate here. Be realistic 🤔 You guys have the feeling Chelsea is nothing, but we will keep proving you all wrong. You all always claim you are better than Chelsea while they keep disappointing you guys. 👌
SonyMontana52
19
Hahahaha I can see Liverpool fans crying but these are the same people who said Tuchel couldn’t won with Mbappe and Neymar how can he win with Timo and Kai and you guys are now here saying he inherited rich team. Hahahaha funny fun base
Elman_jr
17
The truth is that Liverpool were in a bad state when Klopp took over whereas for Chelsea, Lampard had done most of the work. It was just a matter of time for him since he did make the right player choices.
Klopp had to rejuvenate and rebuild the whole team so I don’t feel the the comparison is valid. Coz lampard’s team just needed someone to utilize them well.
rodadrst
11
The truth is that Liverpool were in a bad state when Klopp took over whereas for Chelsea, Lampard had done most of the work. It was just a matter of time for him since he did make the right player choices.
Lampard had done all the work, yet Chelsea was 9th in the league when Tuchel took over? Rubbish talk.
Topmani
10
Now Liverpool fans are claiming they never had a better squad when JK came in. You forgot Brender rougers had a good season with the same squad and Liverpool finished second with a little margin and their streaker won the golden boot in the primer league and got to 2 finals with the same squad. Beside what is a good squad without a better manager? You’ll claim Chelsea had a better squad was it not with the same squad we almost got to relegation? We were in 9th position with the so called better squad with Lampard. You’ll made it sound like the players won the trophy for Tuchel give the man he’s credit abeg