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Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has revealed the reason why he decided to alter his penalty shooting technique in the win over Tottenham.
The 29-year-old scored the only goal of the game as the Blues won a vital victory over their London rivals. The Brazil-born Italian international came home from 12 yards on Thursday to leave Chelsea in sixth place in the standings.
Spurs are down in eighth place as problems mount for manager José Mourinho. Thomas Tuchel is now in charge at Stamford Bridge.
The German replaced Frank Lampard and has led his charges to a draw and two wins to date. Next up is a trip to Bramall Lane on Sunday to face basement club Sheffield United.
Confidence seems high and they will start the game as favorites. Jorginho He will hope to be on the team after his last win.
The former Napoli ace often stutters when taking a penalty. But it took a run and a conventional hit to beat Huge Lloris.
And the man with 27 appearances for Italy said it was all due to his way of thinking.
“I felt good before the penalty,” he told the club official Web site. “I kept working on it, I kept training, so I felt confident.
“I changed the technique because I felt that that way could be better and it worked. You saw the result. “
Tuchel makes the difference
It was always going to be difficult for a new manager to replace Lampard. The former England midfielder is a legend at the West London club.
But Tuchel seems to have made a seamless transition to dugout. Jorginho has been impressed with what he has seen so far, with the squad happy to adjust to the situation.
“The message he is giving about what he wants is clear,” he added. “We had our minds open to understand what he wanted as quickly as possible because we had no time to lose.
“When you have a group of guys who are open to new ideas, to learn, to improve and all with the same goal, it is easy to work.
“This group was humble in accepting what it came to give us. We need to remain humble and never think that it is enough. We have not done anything “.
Following the Blades clash, Tuchel will lead his troops to Oakwell on Thursday for an FA Cup fifth round clash with Barnsley.
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