Poch sorry to Chelsea followers – flops coaching additional after Newcastle ‘disgrace’
Mauricio Pochettino points an apology to Chelsea followers who travelled the 572-mile spherical journey to St James’ Park.
The Blues’ current promising performances in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City got here crashing down after they had been put to the sword by Newcastle who ran out 4-1 winners of their Premier League assembly on Saturday afternoon.
Pochettino was solely in a position to watch on within the stands after receiving a touchline ban as a result of accumulating three yellow playing cards because the Blues stay stranded in tenth place within the desk following only one league win of their final 5 video games.
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Alexander Isak opened the scoring for the hosts after simply 13 minutes earlier than Raheem Sterling equalised with a shocking free-kick simply 10 minutes later. A fast hearth double from Newcastle on the hour mark, the third gifted via a horrible mistake from Thiago Silva, put the sport past the Blues as Anthony Gordon added the Magpies’ fourth within the last minutes.
Pochettino apologised to the travelling Blues supporter throughout an interview with Premier League Productions after Chelsea’s battering up on Tyneside and stated that he could be dragging his gamers into coaching the following day, he stated: “[It was] disappointing. I’m very sorry even for our fans that were here, they don’t deserve this type of performance.
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“We can make mistakes but I think we need to compete better. It was so easy for them to score goals and for us to concede in this way is a little bit of a shame.”
He added: “It was our worst game of the season. It was tough to be in the stands. We cannot complain about the result, we did not read the game from the beginning. We did not play how we should play, we showed a lack of intensity and energy. Even after we scored, at 1-1, it was a chance for us to force them to play deep, but it was so easy for Newcastle.
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“That is why I’m so upset with the efficiency. It is a younger group, they want such a scenario to grasp. We will go to the resort, then prepare early tomorrow, no day off. We can’t blame the gamers, it’s the group collectively. We want to know the extent we have to compete, and study this case.”
Following his crimson card within the second half, Blues skipper James additionally took time to apologise to followers on social media, taking to Instagram, he wrote: “I take full responsibility for my red card today, two silly mistakes. Another lesson for me to learn.
“I’d like to apologise to the fans and my teammates. The performance today was far below our standards but this game does not define us! We’ve made huge improvements this season against many top teams. We’ll be back next weekend.”