Two goals in each half from Benoit Badiashile and Raheem Sterling give Pochettino’s Chelsea a 2-0 win over Blackburn. They are now in the Carabao Cup quarterfinals

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He was back in the starting lineup with Reece James, who has also been having fitness issues. The two came off the pitch without any injuries after 61 minutes, having each had a good game and right after Raheem Sterling won Chelsea’s spot in the last eight against Blackburn, a team in the middle of the Championship table.

If Chelsea didn’t have so many medical problems, their chances of making the Premier League might look better than they do right now.

This season there is also no European football, so the local cups look like the best way to get some kind of success. There are now only two rounds left until the final.

That goal became more likely last night, when Arsenal and Manchester United joined teams like Manchester City and Tottenham in crashing out of the competition.

Pochettino said, “Now that we’re not in Europe, I think we can start to think about winning the competition.” It should be a great chance for us, just like the Premier League.

What would have made things even better for Chelsea would have been a goal to boost Nicolas Jackson’s confidence after Alan Shearer shot at him and Pochettino had to defend him.

There was nothing wrong with Jackson’s application, but his touch was shaky, and he missed his best chance to stop Shearer.

He wasn’t the only one who did wrong, though. There were many other chances for Chelsea to win easily that they missed.

They also know they can’t spend so much in the Premier League, and most likely won’t be able to when they go to league leaders Tottenham on Monday.

It was no surprise that Pochettino chose a good starting lineup, and Chelsea played like they meant business right away.

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A manager for Blackburn called it and said, “You saw it.” “Chelsea had a lot of chances, but decisions matter and small things can change games.”

Badiashile got the first one they turned in on the half hour. After Leopold Wahlstedt, Blackburn’s custodian, blocked Enzo Fernandez’s shot, the visitors would have kept the score level if he had also handled Gallagher’s cross well.

But all he could do was touch it badly and it went straight to Badiashile, who scored with a sidefoot.

Blackburn had the best chance to tie the game when Harry Leonard ran through early in the second half but missed the target. Sterling then scored Chelsea’s second after they messed up the ball near their goal.

Chelsea kept creating chances in the last 30 minutes, and the only surprise was that they only scored two goals. Amor Sigurdsson almost scored a consolation goal, but Robert Sanchez made an amazing save late on.