Mauricio Pochettino makes Liverpool point in spiky Chelsea response to Gary Neville
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has taken a swipe at Gary Neville after his side returned to winning ways just days after their Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool.
The former Manchester United captain unleashed a scathing assessment of the Londoners following the Reds' 1-0 win in the Carabao Cup final. Virgil van Dijk scored a 118th-minute winner for the Reds, despite Jurgen Klopp being without 11 first-team players.
Neville labelled Pochettino's side as 'billion-pound bottlejobs' after failing to win their first trophy since Todd Boehly took over. Chelsea had injury problems of their own but boasted their riches in their squad with the likes of Enzo Fernandez, Cole Palmer and Mykhailo Mudryk.
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Since the defeat to Liverpool, Neville's comments have been driving conversation and splitting opinions over his criticism of the Stamford Bridge side. Chelsea returned to action on Wednesday night as they looked to keep their hopes of silverware alive in the FA Cup.
Despite suffering a scare to high-flying Leeds United, Conor Gallagher netted a stoppage-time winner to send Chelsea through to the quarter-final with a 3-2 win.
The comments resurfaced again following the win at Stamford Bridge, and Pochettino couldn't resist a swipe at Neville. Speaking to ITV, he said: "I think if you are talking about my friend Gary, I think it was not a bad intention.
"I think he was frustrated because Liverpool won another title, and that is true. I already talked about that, I think it's not fair to accuse, in this way, a team that is very young.
"The expectations are massive because we are in
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