Lavia mission, Sterling task – Pochettino's plan during international break

Mauricio Pochettino has plenty to do over the next two weeks in the international break following Chelsea's second defeat of the Premier League season on Saturday afternoon

If he needed a reminder that transforming Chelsea was going to be a difficult and lengthy challenge, Mauricio Pochettino got just that on Saturday afternoon with his side losing at home to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.

A calm finish on 48 minutes from Anthony Elanga, after a mix-up between Moises Caicedo and Conor Gallagher, proved to be the only goal of the game at Stamford Bridge in what was the Blues' second defeat in the opening four games of the Premier League season. It left Pochettino visibly disappointed on the full-time whistle and the Argentine called on his young group of players to learn from the experience.

"This type of game will help us to be more mature and learn the competition," Pochettino said to reporters post-match. "It is not only to have quality, after it's about to compete in a different way.

"To match their aggression, to match energy, to match desire. Of course we were better, we cannot say that we didn't deserve but in football the stats sometimes reflect what you do but in that case we create but we didn't score, few shots on target and we should have more. That is about the process, all of the team."

Boos rang around Stamford Bridge at full-time with Chelsea supporters witnessing what they saw so much of last season; dominance and control of the game but no end product. After the Blues comfortably beat Luton Town the week before, many thought Chelsea had turned over a new leaf but Saturday demonstrated that those fundamental issues are still present within the new-look squad.

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