Mauricio Pochettino held his pre-Sheffield United press conference immediately after he witnessed his Chelsea team beat Manchester United thanks to two stoppage time goals.
The Blues somehow took all three points, with Cole Palmer scoring a ridiculous hat-trick to complete one of the most epic turnarounds in recent Premier League history. Pochettino conducted his post-match press conference after the win at Stamford Bridge and then continued to speak to the media ahead of Chelsea's trip to Bramall Lane on Sunday.
Chelsea go to Sheffield to face the Blades, who sit rock-bottom of the Premier League table with just eight games of their season to go. Here is every word Pochettino had to say when previewing the clash...
You're going into the game off the back of a great win...
«The most important thing, before we talk about the pitch, the tactics, many things, is to go to the game with a good energy, a good connection. The fans are so important in football. Today I am so happy, not only for the three points or that our performance was better than Manchester United, but that I think this was my first time here at Stamford Bridge that I started to feel the connection with the fans.
»That is going to be really helpful for us until the end of the season. That, for me, should be what’s really important. In a few days, we played one game that we were showing such low energy (against Burnley) and another that we started in the way we need to start them all.
«We need to be ready and now Sunday, we have another game in which we need to be ready. We need the right mentality to approach a game in Sheffield that is going to be tough. We know when we play teams like Sheffield, or Burnley, or Nottingham Forest, these types of teams, that they
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