Coach Pochettino was not sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇd when Tottenham played 0-7-1
COACH Mauricio Pochettino understands why Tottenham played tit-for-tat despite being sent off two people in the 1-4 loss to Chelsea in round 11 of the Premier League.
After Cristian Romero was sent off in the first half, then Destiny Udogie received a second yellow card in the 55th minute, Tottenham still did not retreat deep to defend. The home team continued to raise the offside trap when the score was 1-1. The 0-7-1 formation was deployed many times to close in and limit Chelsea’s attack options. This reckless approach helped Tottenham survive until the 75th minute, before losing three more goals in the rest of the match.
“When you are top of the table, you can try anything,” Chelsea coach Pochettino told Sky Sports after the 4-1 win over Tottenham . “Tottenham are confident and I know they can do that. If we were calmer and more confident, we could be in a different situation and maybe a different position on the scoreboard. We found a lot of space. behind their defense and should have scored more than four goals.”
Kicked one more person from the 33rd minute and two more people from the 55th minute, but Chelsea only took the lead in the last 15 minutes. Striker Nicolas Jackson’s hat trick at the end of the match helped coach Pochettino enjoy the final joy, on the day of reuniting with his old team. Chelsea also forced Tottenham to receive their first defeat in the Premier League this season.
“Their defense is high, and we don’t have the patience to deploy the ball from one wing to the other and wait for the opportunity,” coach Pochettino added. “We were very disappointed after the first half when we couldn’t take advantage of the space they created. The whole team entered this match with more doubts than confidence.” When facing an undefeated team like Tottenham, you always need to double your efforts. This young group needs confidence if they want to go further.”
Admitting that his students lacked composure and decisiveness, coach Pochettino said that Chelsea deserved to win after dominating the game after the 15th minute. The match also witnessed VAR being involved more than 10 times, reducing the total time spent by both teams. Play up to 110 minutes. The Argentine strategist supports referees checking carefully to avoid situations where VAR causes injustice to some clubs like Arsenal or Liverpool in recent rounds.
The victory helped Chelsea move up four places, rising to 10th on the scoreboard. Pochettino and his team have four consecutive difficult matches in the Premier League, when they meet Man City, Newcastle, Brighton and Man Utd respectively.