'I am so upset' - Mauricio Pochettino fumes over what Chelsea players did during Everton hammering
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino saw his side triumph emphatically on the pitch as they defeated Everton 6-0 but he fought a losing battle when it came to his attempts to talk about his team’s display rather than an unseemly penalty squabble between his players in the post-match press conference.
In the end, the Argentinian only succeeded in getting a single line in when it came to specifically talking about his satisfaction in how his side dismantled Sean Dyche’s men and as he left the room, there was an angry exchange of words to rival the earlier tantrums on the Stamford Bridge turf. Cole Palmer, who had already netted a first half hat-trick, ultimately stepped up to convert Chelsea’s fifth goal with the 64th minute penalty but only after captain Conor Gallagher had moved Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson – who both fancied a crack themselves – out of the way.
Pochettino acknowledged what the first question would be before the press conference started and said: “They know – the players know, the staff know, the club know, the penalty taker is Cole Palmer. All that happened after is a shame.
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“I am so upset about the situation. We were talking in the dressing room about the image we were sending out because it’s Monday night football and in every single country they were watching the game and we cannot send out this kind of image.
“It’s a shame, I want to apologise to football people and our fans because that is inexcusable and the discipline is the most-important thing in the team. Offensive players need to show that they are hungry to score goals but I
