Mauricio Pochettino was surprisingly calm in his post-match press conference after his Chelsea side drew with rock-bottom Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
The Blades levelled the match deep into stoppage time through Ollie McBurnie to ensure Chelsea would not leave Yorkshire with all three points. Thiago Silva gave the visitors an early lead in Sheffield but Jayden Bogle equalised before half-time.
Noni Madueke then restored Chelsea's lead with a great strike on 66 minutes but it was not enough for the Blues. Pochettino is under even more pressure now, but he remained calm in his press conference. Below is the full transcript from the Argentine.
Frustrated to draw?
«Yeah, very frustrated because we conceded in the first-half after we scored. Then you concede in the last minutes, you always feel very disappointed and frustrated because you should win the game in this moment.
»But for different circumstances, we conceded and in the end it was a draw. I want to say also the draw is a fair result if you analyse the game.
«Even if we controlled the game and had chances, we didn't have the capacity to be solid and be strong and not to concede goals. That is the most painful situation.»
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How do you put that right?
«No, it's a thing that has happened. I think the first part of the season we were a little bit more solid. We didn't create too much or didn't score. We were creating but we were not clinical. Now we are scoring but we are conceding more. It's about finding the balance.
»We tried adapting the system with different players also with different
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