Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has slammed Chelsea’s decision to sack Thomas Tuchel.

New owner Todd Boehly and his consortium decided to call it quits with Boehly and sacked him after the 1-0 defeat to Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb.

Murphy told talkSPORT: “I’m really shocked, really surprised.

“I like him, he’s intelligent, he’s one of the top managers out there.

“I think it’s too early, that’s my gut feeling. I think it’s a knee-jerk reaction to a game last night that they dominated and would have won nine times out of ten.

“You look at the two centre-halves they’ve brought in, he’s just brought in a centre-forward they’ve been crying out for, N’Golo Kante has been out.

“Yeah it’s not a perfect start and their away form has been poor and a couple of his interviews have been a bit cagey, a bit whiny, but I’m not sure it’s the right thing.”