Pochettino upbeat after Chelsea book semi-final berth

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino praised his team after dispatching Newcastle to reach League Cup final four

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00:00 I think it's important, these type of games, in the way that we can achieve the way to

00:08 go through to the semi-final, always is so important.

00:13 Like are important when you don't play well, like games like Everton and Newcastle, when

00:20 we play away from home.

00:22 It's to realise in which area we need to improve, in the way that we need to improve.

00:27 When you see the whole squad, players that were involved in the game, players that were

00:33 injured but they want to share the happiness in the middle of the pitch, I think it looks

00:39 like we are a healthy group of players, not only we need time, our responsibility is to

00:47 guide them, you know, and to create the platform for them to really improve every day.

00:52 And of course, with time I think we are going to create a very good team that can compete

00:58 and increase the competition and be in the place that Chelsea should be.