Roy Keane fires sharp response to Mauricio Pochettino question after Chelsea vs Liverpool
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has told Mauricio Pochettino that he should 'get the culture right' at Chelsea as he settles into the club.
The Argentinian's first game in charge was set up to be a feisty affair between his Blues and Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool on the opening weekend of the new Premier League campaign and it didn't disappoint.
A 1-1 draw thanks to first half goals from Luis Diaz and Chelsea summer signing Axel Disasi showed the best of both sides but Chelsea fans enjoyed a dominant second half performance that had everything but a winning goal.
And after a successful preseason which saw the Blues win the Premier League Summer Series over the pond, supporters and those within the club will be wondering how high they can go this season.
But before they start getting lofty aspirations, Keane first believes that Pochettino must impose his hard-going style on the players and get them onboard from the inside out before planning out his attack on the top four places.
«I think he’s got to try and settle his team and get the culture right at the club,» he claimed on Sky Sports last weekend. «It’s been a mad 12 months with all the changes and everything. We’ve mentioned the senior players and stuff from last year not being good enough but he sounds like he’s a man of principles.
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»There’s going to be a lot of improvement from this team and I think he’ll be encouraged. They recovered well after the first 15-20 minutes and worked hard to get back into the game and were perhaps unlucky not to win."
Fellow pundit Micah Richards then proposed Keane a question. «Do you think there’s a feel-good factor around the stadium
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