Every word Mauricio Pochettino said on Chelsea, 'upset' Madueke and what more Nkunku needs to do

Mauricio Pochettino has addressed the media following Chelsea's dramatic victory over Crystal Palace. The Blues won the match on 89 minutes with Noni Madueke converting from the penalty spot after the winger was brought down by Eberechi Eze before that.

Chelsea had took an early lead when on 13 minutes, Mykhailo Mudryk scored from close range to hand the hosts the advantage. However, a brilliantly taken goal from Michael Olise just before the half-time break made it look as if the game was going to end in a draw.

Madueke, though, stepped up and sent a serious message to Pochettino. Here is everything the Chelsea head coach had to say following the win on a whole host of topics.

That was the youngest ever Premier League side. How do you think they handled that?

«Different players, different ways to play, in the performance. I think we didn't start well. We didn't manage well the pressure to play a game that was really important for us. We needed to win.

»Always with a young team like this, it can struggle. We were thinking too much. I told at half-time it's tough to think because we think, receive the ball and afterwards it is going to be late, the moment to release the ball, to move and find space. We moved so slow from the beginning.

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«I think we had chances to score, and score a few more, but I wasn't so happy to concede in the last minute [of the first-half] because it was a massive impact for the team. But I think the second-half we started well again and can go and play a little bit more.

»I'm so happy because the players from the bench were a