Chelsea have parted ways with coach Thomas Tuchel after the failed Champions League start.

This was announced by the London football club on Wednesday morning.

Already the evening before, the mood was in the basement with the German.

"I'm mad at myself, I'm mad at our performance.

I didn't see it coming," said the 49-year-old after London's surprising 1-0 draw at Dinamo Zagreb.

“We are clearly not where we need to be and where we can be.

So it's up to me, it's up to us, we have to find solutions." The club found this with the dismissal of Tuchel, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021 and became world coach.

Chelsea also had a mixed start to the season in the English Premier League and have already lost two games after six games.

"Everything is missing at the moment.

There is so much to analyze.

I'm part of it," said the former Borussia Dortmund coach after the game.

"We're not happy, but I thought we were on the right track.

I'm surprised by this performance.” The goal for Zagreb was scored by Mislav Orsic, who took advantage of Dinamo's first chance in the 13th minute.

"There is no hunger"

"Thomas will deservedly have a place in Chelsea history, having won the Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup," the club wrote in a brief press release.

"The new owners are approaching 100 days in office and believe it is now time for a change."

An investor group led by US billionaire Todd Boehly took over Chelsea at the end of May.

Longtime owner Roman Abramovich had to sell the club as part of sanctions against Russian oligarchs.

A successor to Tuchel, who has been in office since January 2021, is to be presented shortly.

Chelsea played in Zagreb with newly signed former Bundesliga player Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and German international Kai Havertz, but didn't take advantage of his chances.

The outsider convinced against the top English club with passionate defensive work.

"I don't know where this performance comes from.

There is a lack of hunger, of intensity, of the determination to win duels," criticized Tuchel.