Mauricio Pochettino was bombarded with questions over the incident that saw a few Chelsea players fall out during the second-half of their win against Everton.
His Blues side responded in the perfect manner against Everton at Stamford Bridge – thumping the Toffees 6-0 in SW6. Pochettino faced a room full of journalists after the game where he was quizzed on Cole Palmer, the Noni Madueke incident, the importance of the win and much more.
As ever, football.london brings you the full transcript from Pochettino's presser. You can read every word below.
I saw you on the TV [talking about the Madueke and Nicolas Jackson incident]...
«Yes, I think after we need to talk about the game but first of all I am going to tell you, to make clear; the players know, the staff know, the club know that the penalty taker is Cole Palmer. All that happened after is a shame. I am so, so upset about this situation.
»We were talking in the dressing room about the image that we send, because it's Monday Night Football – every single country they were watching the game and we cannot send this type of image. It's a shame. I want to apologise to the people and to our fans because that is unacceptable.
«The discipline is the most important thing for the team. That is a quality of the sport. Of course the players need to show that they have the hunger to score goals and everything but this type of situation, we are going to make a decision if that happens, we were talking in a very good way because we need to make the situation clear.
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