Mauricio Pochettino was given the opportunity to criticize his goalie in his news conference tonight after Robert Sanchez’s mistake allowed Arsenal to score, bringing them back into the game. The Chelsea manager rejected it.

He did admit that his side had made “a lot of mistakes,” but he was really talking about the group as a whole, particularly in terms of how they handled giving up the opening goal.

Nobody can deny that he is essentially defending his goalkeeper since we can all see what he is doing.