Chelsea fans turn on Mauricio Pochettino during draw at Brentford
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino (John Walton/PA)
Chelsea fans turned on Mauricio Pochettino as they watched their side labour to a 2-2 draw at west London rivals Brentford.
The Blues were leading through a Nicolas Jackson header but were pegged back by Mads Roerslev’s close-range strike.
And shortly after Yoane Wissa put Brentford ahead with a spectacular overhead kick, the away fans began singing the name of former manager Jose Mourinho as well as calling for Pochettino to go.
But the Blues at least rescued a point on Pochettino’s 52nd birthday after Axel Disasi scored a late equaliser.
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino, right, and Brentford’s Ivan Toney (John Walton/PA)
Jackson probably summed up his erratic first season leading the Chelsea line in the space of 10 first-half minutes.
First the Senegal forward embarked on a promising run into the Brentford area, only to try one step-over too many and somehow tackle himself.
Then he latched onto Enzo Fernandez’s through-ball, took it round Bees keeper Mark Flekken and rolled it towards an empty net.
However, he undercooked his finish and allowed Mathias Jorgensen to get back and hack the ball clear from underneath the crossbar.
But 10 minutes before half-time Jackson did brilliantly to leap between Bees centre-halves Jorgensen and Kristoffer Ajer and meet Malo Gusto’s cross with a powerful header to open the scoring.
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Pochettino had bemoaned his side’s injury problems this season before the match, but Brentford’s have been horrendous.
Ben Mee’s fractured ankle at
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