For Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino, there is a rare week ahead of them to prepare for their next Premier League outing against Newcastle United.
It is one of those weeks where not being involved in European competition should prove a blessing in disguise for the Blues. After what was a gruelling six-day period, where Chelsea faced three matches against Liverpool, Leeds United and Brentford, Pochettino will have some rare time at Cobham with his squad of players.
In said six-day period, Chelsea experienced it all. A late, gut-wrenching goal to lose the Carabao Cup final to Liverpool, an intense 90 minutes to scrape past Leeds and a really frustrating afternoon at the Gtech Community Stadium to eventually rescue a point at Brentford.
The last six days have essentially summed up Chelsea's season under Pochettino – a lack of consistency. The Blues head coach has a lot to do before his side take to the pitch next Monday at home to Newcastle, and Bobby Vincent takes a look at exactly what needs to be done below.
Axel Disasi may have scored the late and decisive goal against Brentford but that somewhat spared his blushes. The Frenchman has endured an up and down season for Chelsea and that continued in the west London derby.
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Disasi was really poor for Brentford's first goal, which changed the game in their favour. He was caught ball-watching and made the decision to try and shield it to Djordje Petrovic. Mads Roerslev took advantage of his lapse in judgement to fire the Bees level.
It was the second goal in as many games Disasi has been at fault for. Leeds scored early on
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