Little by little, the big Premier League teams are starting to find their cruising speed. Manchester City is already in the lead with six victories in as many days, followed by Liverpool who are also on their feet, two small points behind. Arsenal and even Tottenham have also made rather satisfactory starts from an accounting point of view.
But on the Chelsea side, things are still stuck. This weekend again, the Blues lost their weekly meeting, against Aston Villa. A 1-0 defeat against the team led by Unai Emery during which the Londoners were not necessarily catastrophic, having also played with 10 men for more than half an hour in the second period following the expulsion of Gusto, but it’s still a stain. After another very active summer transfer window and more than 460 million euros spent, the residents of Stamford Bridge have only won one match in the league.
The squad is still too young according to Pochettino
After the meeting, Mauricio Pochettino wanted to explain his team’s bad luck. “We need to grow as a team, not just individually. I think there are players like Nico (Jackson, Editor’s note) who are still young and discovering the Premier League, they need time., launched the Argentine tactician in particular. He then again insisted on the youth of his squad to explain this complicated start.
“The supporters are disappointed, that’s normal, but they must support our project. In this type of match, we are competitive and we want to win, in football it is about winning. But players, when they are young, need to learn, gain experience and make mistakes. That’s why we’re also a little disappointed because there are too many situations like that.”, concluded the Argentine coach. Not enough to convince Blues supporters who are already attacking their team and their coach, as reported in this article from Daily Mail. “If we continue like this I doubt that Pochettino will still be here in December”, exclaims a fan mentioned by the media. Clearly, things are already heating up for him…
