In preparation for Chelsea’s match against Brighton this weekend, Mauricio Pochettino was seen exercising his players. After last weekend’s 4-1 loss to Newcastle, the Argentine chastised his team for lacking maturity and vigour.

It’s evident that Pochettino wants his team to take lessons from the Blues’ “worst performance of the season,” as he put it, at St. James’ Park. Following the defeat, the Chelsea manager stated: “It’s crucial that we return to our required standards as soon as possible. Sometimes, it takes a situation like this to realize what it takes.”

“Even if our team is young and skilled, you still have to figҺt every time you on the field. These are the foundational concepts, and we must draw lessons from them.”

On Tuesday afternoon, Chelsea published five images from their training session. Football.london examines three significant observations made by Cobham.

An update on Christopher Nkunku

As he approaches a comeback to activity, Christopher Nkunku was observed advancing his recuperation. The Frenchman moved to Stamford Bridge for £52 million in the summer, although he hasn’t played in a competitive game for the Blues yet.

The 26-year-old attacker has not played since suffering a blоw to his knee in a preseason match against Borussia Dortmund in the United States. Prior to the trip to Tyneside last week, Pochettino gave an update on Nkunku’s recuperation, sаying, “We need to evaluate them day by day, so it’s hard to sаy when Nkunku and Lavia will be back.”

“They’re in decent shape. Nkunku little in front of Lavia. He wasn’t well enough to join the squad, but he was still involved with the group last week.”

Depending on how he responds to training this week, Nkunku might be included in the matchday squad when Brighton plays this weekend.

executing drills

When his players reported for training on Tuesday afternoon, Pochettino had one thing in mind for them. As they were put through their paces, Cole Palmer, Raheem Sterling, Benoit Badiashile, Nicolas Jackson, and Lesley Ugochukwu were seen participating in a running drill.

Not surprisingly, given the Chelsea manager’s criticism of his team’s effort against Newcastle, there is a lot of running going on at training.

Marc Cucurella and Reece James were involved.

Marc Cucurella and Reece James were both seen in training, despite being suspended for this weekend’s match against Brighton. The Chelsea captain was sent a red card for two bookable offenses against the Magpies, and Cucurella was given a one-match suspension after receiving his fifth yellow card of the year.