Mauricio Pochettino appeared to clean Chelsea proprietor Todd Boehly following the Blues’ Carabao Cup remaining defeat to Liverpool.
A late Virgil van Dijk header deep into the second half of additional time sealed a 1-0 win for Jurgen Klopp’s males beneath as Chelsea succumbed to their sixth straight defeat in a home cup remaining – an English soccer file.
Pochettino, who continues to be ready to win a trophy as a Premier League supervisor, led his crew up the Wembley steps to select up their runners-up medals, and appeared to offer Boehly, who had flown in from the US to observe the sport, the chilly shoulder as he walked down the gangway – regardless of shaking palms with Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali, who was standing subsequent to his enterprise companion.
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In precise truth, it appears as if Pochettino faucets Boehly’s hand off digital camera simply earlier than the American comes into body, however the clip nonetheless triggered a little bit of a stir in Chelsea on-line ircles.
One Blues fan wrote on X: “Not a good sign, this.” Another stated: “It’s over for Poch.” A 3rd added: “He knows he won’t have a job in the morning.”
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A fourth particular person joked: “Probably got told he was getting sacked as he was walking towards Boehly. Made sense to blank him lol.”
On stability, Chelsea had been second finest towards Liverpool, however had a number of golden alternatives to clinch the tie. Raheem Sterling had a objective disallowed for a marginal offside whereas the likes of Conor Gallagher, Cole Palmer, Christopher Nkunku, Malo Gusto, Enzo Fernandez and Axel Disasi all missed gilt edge probabilities from shut vary.
Pochettino’s future at Chelsea will now be again beneath risk, simply because it was at the beginning of the month following back-to-back drubbings by the hands of Liverpool and Wolves. Chelsea responded nicely with wins over Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, and a well-earned draw away to Manchester City, however immediately’s loss might be an enormous confidence gut-punch.