Chelsea swallowed five eggs in a tragic situation, and the fans were furious: return the money!Pochettino: I don't blame the players

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2024-04-24 11:09Published on the official account of Red Star News of Chengdu Business Daily, Sichuan

In the 29th round of the English Premier League supplementary match that ended in the early hours of this morning, Beijing time, Arsenal swept Chelsea 5-0 at home and grasped its own initiative to win the championship. At the same time, the victory also set a new record in the history of a wave of battles between the two sides, and greatly boosted the morale of the Gunners. For Chelsea, it was a tragedy in no uncertain measure. The game broke Chelsea's worst defensive record in years, and boss Mauricio Pochettino believes his side are still 'paying the fees' for the youngsters.

The Chelsea players were very frustrated after the game, according to Visual China

Pochettino's seventh start this season with an average age of less than 24 years old may have been used to make up for the physical disadvantage of the weekend with the energy of his youth. It's a pity that all kinds of setbacks and education over the course of a season have not allowed the "blue imps" to grow, but have allowed the rotten to continue to infect. Palmer was sidelined due to illness and the coreless Blues were ravaged by the Gunners. In this game, Kai Havertz scored twice, Ben White scored twice, and Leandro Trossard scored and assisted as Arsenal beat Chelsea 5-0.

7-Chelsea fielded a starting XI for the seventh time this season in the Premier League, with only Leeds United in 1999-2000 fielding more Under-24s in a single season (10).

38 - It was Chelsea's heaviest defeat in a London derby in 38 years since the 6-0 defeat to Queens Park Rangers in March 1986.

57 - Chelsea have conceded 57 goals in 32 league games this season, setting a new record for goals conceded in a single season in the Premier League, surpassing the 55 goals conceded in 1994-95 and 1996-97.

'Without Palmer, Chelsea were like kids playing with adults and they were completely destroyed. "Reviewing the London derby after the game, Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand bluntly said the Blues were naïve. It was Chelsea's biggest Premier League deficit since the 6-0 defeat to Manchester City in 2019.

波切蒂诺 图据IC photo

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino singled out the lack of consistency in his squad in his post-match press conference: 'We really didn't show competitiveness. As a team, we were very inconsistent. That's why we're at where we are today, where we have the ability to do amazing performances, but three days later we're going to go to the other extreme. We're so bad when we're bad, and when we're good, we're okay with anything. ”

Bo said the squad is still growing and it's not wrong to be young, "but the other thing is that we need to realise that we need to improve for the future. We can't blame the players and I won't blame the players. The situation now is more important than the performance of the players. We can't blame the youngsters who came here and came here to play against a team that was ready to win the Premier League after going through some situations. We can't be unfair to our players. We were really disappointed with our performance, but I wouldn't say something unfair to our team, our players, our squad. ”

After the game, Chelsea fans took to the club's official social media to express their anger:

赶紧改名帕尔默FC！波切蒂诺out！

Thank you Palmer, we would have gone to the Championship without you.

Refund!

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta expressed deep sympathy for Pochettino's situation: "The whole world is sympathetic to what he's been through, what he's done, he knows it. I was also on the other side and there was nothing. He [Pochettino] has done a good job and if you look at this team and analyse their six or seven games, you can see that they deserve to win every big game, they can beat every strong opponent. Hopefully, the situation will be turned around and it will be what they should be. ”

As for Pochettino's future, the British media have stated that Pochettino's position at Chelsea is secure as of now, and that Chelsea's thinking remains the same as before, with the Argentinian discussing his future as early as the end of the season. At least two other Chelsea board members believe they would support Pochettino to stay in charge next season if a vote were taken.

Premier League title fixtures

Arsenal 77 points (34 rounds)

4.28 Tottenham (A)

5.4 Bournemouth (H)

5.12 Manchester United (A)

5.19 Everton (H)

Liverpool 74 points (33 rounds)

4.25 Everton (A)

4.27 West Ham (A)

5.5 Tottenham (H)

5.14 Vera (A)

5.19 Wolves (H)

Manchester City 73 points (32 rounds)

4.26 Brighton (A)

4.28 Nottingham Forest (A)

5.5 Wolves (H)

5.11 Fulham (A)

5.15 Tottenham (A)

5.19 West Ham (H)

As of now, the race for the top three of the Premier League has heated up, with Manchester City falling four points behind in two games in hand, and for the Gunners, the remaining four rounds are finals.

Edited by Ou Peng

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