Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino reacts to their emphatic 4-1 Premier League win over Burnley
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00:00 What a difficult thing here. I need to put my two legs here, here and here, no? Like
00:17 this.
00:18 OK, who wants to start us off today? Neil, where are you going?
00:22 Ryan Sterling involved in every goal. How good is he? How good should he be?
00:34 It's his job, no? To play well. All the players try to play well and today he was well, he
00:40 was involved in the goals and I'm so happy for him and so happy for the team. I think
00:48 the team was good, the performance was fantastic. I think they deserve the whole credit. So
00:54 happy for them and go to the international break with a different feeling than the last
00:59 month.
01:00 Can this win do more for the team psychologically than a normal win, given that you came from
01:09 behind and you end up scoring so many goals?
01:13 Of course, when you concede first and then you need to go to break down the opponent,
01:20 you feel proud when you achieve that, you earn that. I think the team was playing well
01:24 and we conceded in a fair situation, the chances. That was completely unfair but the team was
01:32 really good. I think we were solid in the whole team. We scored before the end of the
01:37 first half, that always helps a little bit in your belief for the second half. In the
01:43 second half I think we dominated and controlled the game and fully deserved the end of the
01:46 rest of the game.
01:47 Are you starting to see a signature style of football that you want to bring to the
01:54 club, that the owners want to bring to the club? That's now three wins in a row, which
01:58 suggests you're going in the right direction, in a direction. Is it the correct direction
02:03 that you want to go in?
02:04 Yes, of course. I was telling you when we lose some games, again, not in Amforas or
02:09 West Ham, that we are building something. We are a young group, but we are a young team.
02:17 That doesn't mean that we have some young player or experienced player that play together.
02:23 That doesn't happen in summer, it's a matter of time. Of course, we were performing very
02:30 well, but of course players in an individual way need to improve to add to the team better
02:36 quality. Of course, that was only with time, to know each other and to start to perform
02:42 and link in between all of them. Recovering players now, because we suffered too many
02:47 injuries, also is going to help the team to increase the level. The competition is going
02:51 to be tough and then it's going to be tough for me to select the starting eleven. But
02:55 that is a thing that I love to do and hope that happens soon.
03:00 You mentioned competition, you left Raheem Sterling out in the week with Mudrick playing.
03:08 You're going to get players back from injury like Nkunku. How much are you confident that
03:13 you can keep everyone happy and the options that you have?
03:17 Always in football it's about performance and the players need to feel that they deserve
03:22 to play. If we want to be consistent and fight for big things, we need to be consistent every
03:27 single game. That is going to be good, the competition in between them. We have a very
03:33 talented squad but at the moment, for different reasons and different circles, we cannot use
03:38 all the potential of the squad. Many things that again us and bad luck in some situations,
03:47 but I think with time we are going to be in the position that we want to be. And of course
03:56 with all the players fit, it's going to be a massive competition and it's going to be
04:01 good for the team to keep the level that we need if we want to fight for big things.
04:06 Mauricio Rahim was left out of the England squad again this week. I wouldn't expect to
04:13 comment on whether he should be in it or not. Have you spoken to him about it? Do you think
04:17 he has a point to prove?
04:20 I think he's a very mature player with the Spanish and he knows that he needs to perform
04:25 and to show the manager of the national team that he was wrong in the decision. Only with
04:32 performance and scoring goals is he going to show that he deserves to go. But nothing
04:37 wrong in between. It's only that when you are not involved in the squad, like he was
04:44 out during the weekend, he's about to show that you deserve. And of course with performance
04:50 is the only way to show that.
04:52 It's obviously been a nicer way to head into this international break. I was wondering,
04:57 what are your plans, what do you hope to achieve during that time?
05:01 Yes, improve players. Try to recover players from injury in two weeks. We are going to
05:10 spend working in the training ground. Of course with a different mood from the last time,
05:17 last month, because with the victory it's much better. But I think pushing, keep pushing
05:24 and working hard to try to be better next month.
05:28 Thanks guys.
05:31 >> You're welcome, thank you.
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