Pochettino sacked, Mourinho return - Final Chelsea manager verdict given after Arsenal loss

Mauricio Pochettino is once more fighting to prove his worth at Chelsea after being hammered 5-0 away to Arsenal on Tuesday night. The Blues entered the game on their best unbeaten streak in the league for two years but left the Emirates Stadium humbled and humiliated by a side they used to enjoy playing.

It is now just one win in the last one win in the last 10 against the Gunners for Chelsea, a record symptomatic of a club in decline facing one moving forward. There have been some horror shows in there too but nothing particularly close tothe 20 minutes after half-time here in which Kai Havertz and Ben White both scored twice.

Pochettino is now scrambling to try and make a vague success of his first year in charge. The Blues are still within touching distance of the top six — just three points off Newcastle and Manchester United — but have been thoroughly battered and bruised. The Argentine will now have to pick up his players for yet more testing fixtures against Aston Villa and Tottenham to come.

For many, this loss was the final straw. Supporters who have never truly connected with their new boss have had enough now with more pressure being pushed onto those above Pochettino in the pecking order.

With four games left of the season and an assessment of his first term to come in the summer, football.london writers have given their thoughts on just where Chelsea go from now.

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