Mauricio Pochettino – understandably so – was in a great mood after witnessing his Chelsea team cruise to a 5-0 victory against West Ham United.
The Blues were in electric form at Stamford Bridge, with goals from Nicolas Jackson (x2), Noni Madueke, Conor Gallagher and Cole Palmer ensuring back-to-back wins in the space of three days. It was an utterly dominant display from Chelsea, who have moved up to seventh-place in the Premier League with the three points.
Pochettino was absolutely delighted with what he saw from his young team. Here is every word the Argentine had to say.
You must be delighted with that...
«So pleased. So happy. It continues the same feeling after Thursday, keeps the momentum. The performance was fantastic in all the aspects. I think yes, I am so pleased. The players deserve big credit because after a few days, to play again at this level, massive credit to them.»
What has changed at Chelsea?
«The assist for Noni to Jackson, that showed we learn, that we are smart. The situation with the penalty against Everton, we received so much criticism, but a young team always needs to make mistakes. Always you need to feel this situation to improve.
»Today was a great action from Noni to see how the group has started to believe, how they have started to feel between them. It is always a process that takes time. It can take one month, six months or one year but the most important thing is they have started to set the principles, start to live like a group of players to create all the links to compete.
«I am so pleased with that. We are part of this process, to help them to grow, to be more mature and keep improving in every aspect. It is a massive step but it is the step we wanted to reach. Now it is to evolve in
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