Every word Mauricio Pochettino said on Chelsea progress, Everton, Nkunku, contracts and fans

Mauricio Pochettino once again took to the hotseat as Chelsea held their press conference ahead of their Premier League clash against Everton. The Blues make the trip to Goodison Park on Sunday looking to bounce back from defeat to Manchester United, but Chelsea's head coach is well aware of the challenge his team will face against Sean Dyche's side.

There was little improvement on the injury front for the Blues with a familiar refrain on Christopher Nkunku, while Pochettino went in depth on the progress of his side, and how being without players has impacted the club. football.london details the full press conference below.

Do you have an update on Christopher Nkunku and will anyone else be back?

Still assessing day by day, see tomorrow. I don't believe that he will be involved but we need to assess day by day. We see also if Malo Gusto can be available but apart from that no.

Where do you think Chelsea have made progress?

I think it is not fair to talk too much about progress because all of the circumstances are difficult because we need to evaluate day by day and game by game. It's true, it's not excuse because we are in a club that needs to win and deliver our job… We know the club better, we know the squad, the players, some players injured from the beginning of the season, the relationship with the staff and people here is a massive progress for us and for the team because we know them.

Every single player knows what we expect from them, another thing is to deliver the job, another thing is to perform. I think we need to improve with time, for different reasons, for different circumstances we are not getting what we want. I think we deserve much more from the beginning of the season, the last few weeks we drop our