{"id":291057,"date":"2023-09-17T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=291057"},"modified":"2023-09-17T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T18:34:00","slug":"pochettino-criticises-chelsea-supporters-who-booed-his-team-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/pochettino-criticises-chelsea-supporters-who-booed-his-team-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino criticises Chelsea supporters who booed his team off"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mauricio Pochettino hit back at Chelsea supporters who booed his team off the pitch after his side dropped more points in a 0-0 draw with Bournemouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ben Chilwell appeared to hold his hands up in apology as he went over to the away end at full-time, but the defender was met with abusive language and loud boos from a number of angry and dissatisfied fans.<\/p>\n
Pochettino was without 12 first team players due to injury and suggested supporters\u2019 expectations were too high as the manager questioned what he was supposed to do in the circumstances.<\/p>\n
\u2018If you invest money there is expectation,\u2019 Pochettino said. \u2018If you don\u2019t win, it\u2019s normal the fans are not happy.<\/p>\n
\u2018But what I can tell the fans is the circumstances, we cannot change. The reality we cannot change. We have too many players [injured]. We are a team that will be strong if we are all together. With all the squad fit, we can compete for everything.<\/p>\n
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Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino criticised supporters who booed his team off<\/p>\n
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Ben Chilwell held his hands up to the Chelsea supporters but was met with abuse<\/p>\n
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Pochettino’s side were disappointing as they failed to score in the 0-0 draw with Bournemouth<\/p>\n
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\u2018Why is it different for us? It\u2019s because we don\u2019t have all the squad available from the beginning of the season. What can we do?<\/p>\n
\u2018For me, there\u2019s nothing to say. The fans can do whatever they want. We know what we need to do. We are strong in our belief, but we have 12 [players] injured today. Then we have three or four young guys on the bench. I\u2019m going to cry? I\u2019m going to complain? I need to accept this, the challenge, and keep being positive.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are not going to change. We have our opinion, we have our reality. We assess our team under our opinion, under our reality and with all the circumstances. We are doing very good things, more than the people can expect. But Chelsea\u2019s expectation is always to win.<\/p>\n
\u2018I can understand the emotion, the emotion is of course to complain because we want to win. The fans for sure are going to help the team Sunday to win the game at Aston Villa.\u2019<\/p>\n
Chelsea have taken just five points from their first five games, with their only victory coming against newly promoted Luton.<\/p>\n
\u2018What can I do?\u2019 Pochettino said when asked if he was concerned. \u2018I need to keep believing.<\/p>\n
\u2018If you say to me we have all of our players, our signings, no injured players and maybe we cannot win this game, okay maybe I can say \u201cyes maybe we need to think in a different way\u201d, but with all the circumstances I think we cannot lie to the people.<\/p>\n
\u2018Of course we are Chelsea but this squad is new and needs to first of all understand and feel what it means to be a player of Chelsea. If you create expectation and then you do not achieve it\u2019s normal that we find different excuses.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Pochettino suggested that Chelsea will improve when they get players back from injury<\/p>\n
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