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And finally… a beaming Thomas Tuchel talks to ITV Sport

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Thomas Tuchel was a very happy man after ‘the complete performance’

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Absolutely [that was the 90-minute performance we’ve been looking for]. Maybe three minutes after the three-zero there was a big mistake [Kovacic’s chance] and some easy ball losses but that was a performance of the highest level from everyone. And from the first until the last minute from everyone who started and everyone who came on. Congratulations to the team.

Very, very impressive [to do this] on an away pitch. We created so many chances in the first 40 minutes. We were so fluid from the start.…