Pochettino on Chelsea 4-1 thrashing by Liverpool
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino was left frustrated after his side were thrashed 4-1 by Liverpool in the Premier League
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00:00 How big a moment was it to be 1-1 when you had that penalty appeal?
00:08 I think it's not to find excuses. I think the performance was good from us. I think
00:15 they deserved to win. They were better than us. Of course that was a situation that maybe
00:21 provided us the possibility to be close on the score. But to talk about this type of
00:30 action, today I don't want to talk about that because that is part of football. But being
00:37 honest we didn't perform in the way that we wanted to perform. They were better than us
00:41 from the first action. During the 90 minutes I think it's this type of game that you need
00:48 to say 'well done Liverpool, you went too much them' and have the option in the final
00:58 I think we need to approach the game in a different way and we need to compete in a
01:01 different way than we compete today.
01:04 What do you think was the big problem for you in terms of performance and not being
01:07 perhaps a little bit more aggressive?
01:08 No, no, I think it's so clear. They were more aggressive than us. I think for us it was
01:12 difficult to connect and to play and always the first to recover the ball after the first
01:16 or the second touch we lose the ball so easy. All the duels, they won all the duels. I think
01:24 they compete better. I think when we say they compete better, it's in all the areas they
01:29 were better than us. That is why, yes, in the second part, in the second half of the
01:34 game I think if with 2-0, a clear chance that Moodridge have, you know, the score maybe
01:44 start to build our confidence and start to play better. And also, maybe penalty in the
01:51 action of Kenen Kunku maybe we'll be on the game. But, you know, even if we score and
01:59 draw, I think disappointed because our performance wasn't great. And I think it's good to have
02:06 this type of feeling. It's only a game but provide us good information. You want to be
02:11 there and compete against a team like Liverpool that is very consistent in the last few years
02:15 competing and being one of the best in England. We need to improve and we need to learn from
02:21 this type of game.
02:22 How do you raise the level before the Cup final?
02:33 For sure we are going to be in Wembley and of course it's going to be different, it's
02:37 a neutral place. And of course that is always different. But of course that is the feeling
02:45 the players have now. It's good because if we go to compete in the same way that today
02:50 for sure it's going to be the same result. If we don't improve it's going to be difficult.
02:57 But I think always the games are different and it's not the same game that we play in
03:01 August. Now it's always different circumstances. For us it's about to learn on this type of
03:09 game. I think we were competing against a team that is on the top and of course it's
03:17 consistent to be always challenged for the big trophies. It's good for us to feel that
03:24 we need to improve because in the way that we were talking from the beginning, of course
03:29 with all the circumstances that we have, but it's to realise that we need to push ourselves
03:36 a little bit more.
03:37 You've obviously been talking about Chelsea needing to improve away from home since Newcastle.
03:38 I remember you got very upset post-Newcastle. There's been no real improvement away from
03:39 home since that performance. What is particularly going wrong away from home? They seem a bit
03:40 of a soft touch now. What is it that they need to improve?
03:41 I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a
03:42 bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft
03:43 touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think
03:44 it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of
04:05 a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch.
04:06 I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a
04:07 bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft
04:08 touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think
04:09 it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of
04:10 a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think it's a bit of a soft touch. I think
04:11 in at home in Stratford Bridge that was of course that you know better than me last season
04:17 that was a big problem but of course now we need to feel confident also competing in away from
04:23 home but that is about uh confident trust you know um and we need to have the capacity uh
04:32 to show the same you know the same performance when you we play on at home or when you play
04:39 away from home but it's a matter of time do you see difference in the players though
04:44 in the dressing room when they come to an away game yeah but that is happening all the
04:51 you know the clubs normally that's always you perform better in a place that you feel comfortable
04:59 and it's you know and you always in some okay maybe situation maybe it's different but i think
05:06 normally that this is uh in the same that the same that another club so that happened
05:13 last question this evening do you see anybody leaving the club tomorrow
05:18 i don't know i don't know at the moment we didn't hear nothing i don't i don't know if
05:25 some movement at the moment is so all quiet and see what happened tomorrow that is the last day
05:32 always you know things can happen but at the moment so far nothing to be honest i cannot say
05:42 yes or not or a percentage um always some things appear on the last moment let's call
05:50 surprise or not you know we need to be aware about that and at the moment what i can tell
05:56 you that is nothing is moving you know at the moment okay we'll leave it there thank you good night