Good to see Nkunku back, need patience with him and Jackson - Pochettino
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino said it was good to see Christopher Nkunku back and that people need to give him and Nicolas Jackson time ahead of their clash with Wolves
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00:00 Just a final question on Christopher Nkunku,
00:02 he scored his goal when he came on against Liverpool,
00:06 looked very sharp, are you happy now that you can get a run of games from him
00:11 and an impact from him in the closing months of the season?
00:15 Yes, it's good to see him, but only that we need to anticipate things,
00:21 that 45 minutes was good,
00:24 after we wanted to work a little bit more after the game,
00:28 but he can't, he didn't because 45 minutes was enough for him,
00:36 and we need to analyse and assess him if he can start for the next game.
00:40 That is all the circumstances,
00:41 sometimes when we see the result of things,
00:48 we need to put in context everything,
00:51 hope that he can cope with the demand of the game
00:54 and he can maybe play more than only 45 minutes,
00:57 we need to keep working with him,
00:59 after six or seven months it's always difficult for a player,
01:03 but I think he's starting to show after playing 45 minutes,
01:08 we can see one option, one chance,
01:11 and he was capable of scoring a great goal and showing his quality.
01:18 - Thank you. - You're welcome.
01:19 John, BBC.
01:20 On with Nkunku, how long do you think he'll be before he can start,
01:24 and also Niclas Jackson is back,
01:26 is he ready to go straight back in?
01:29 We need to assess also Nico,
01:31 today was the first training session with us,
01:34 and I think he didn't play too much,
01:39 but of course he was one month away,
01:42 and that is why we need to assess him really well and not to take a risk,
01:46 but for sure we'll be involved,
01:48 nothing happened tomorrow in the squad,
01:50 and for Sunday we'll be on the squad.