Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Saturday he was “angry and disappointed” after the 4-1 defeat in the league at Newcastle, where he judged his team “too soft” in the engagement.
“We, Chelsea, have to come here to show that it will be difficult for them to play, to win the match and to beat us,” said the Argentinian, forced to watch the match in the stands due to a suspension. However, he commented, “it was really very easy to score goals, we were too soft in each duel. “We didn’t show that we were playing for something important.”
“It makes me angry and disappointed. We talk about the fact that we are a young team and that we have to learn, but this kind of match makes me very, very, very, very, very angry because we have to show personality and character,” he said. he insisted.
Pochettino conceded his heaviest defeat on Saturday since his arrival on the bench of Chelsea, a rejuvenated and rebuilding team which had left its mark before the international break, beating Tottenham 4-1 and holding off 4-4 at Manchester City . “We thought we were ready to meet the challenge today, but we did not meet the demands of the competition,” declared the former Paris Saint-Germain coach in particular. “Even though Newcastle weren’t great, it was an easy win (for them),” he concluded. Chelsea, tenth, host Brighton next weekend for the 14th day of the Premier League.