Thomas Tuchel proven right over Chelsea statement as Mauricio Pochettino sack stance revealed

Your morning Chelsea digest on Tuesday, December 12.

Pochettino sacking stance

Chelsea continue to back Mauricio Pochettino through a tough spell as manager despite the 2-0 defeat to Everton on Sunday. The Blues have now been beaten three times in the past four games since the November international break and have won just once in the last five.

It leaves Pochettino stranded in the bottom half and sinking by the week. However, football.london understands that the 51-year-old is being supported and that he retains the confidence of those around him.

Pochettino is Chelsea's fourth manager of 2023 with Bruno Saltor, Frank Lampard and Graham Potter having already overseen matches during what has been a disastrous first full year in charge for Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital. Current noises don't suggest that number is set to get any bigger just yet.

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Tuchel proven right

«We are not tough enough to win these away matches at the moment,» said Thomas Tuchel nine days before he was sacked as Chelsea manager just over 14 months ago. «It's soft, soft, soft defending. What stops that? Pure mentality. You stop it with pure mentality, defending mentality so there is no superiority for the opponent, just toughen up as a team.

»Both goals are soft goals and shouldn't happen if you want to win a Premier League match. You need to be tougher than that." One year on and Mauricio Pochettino, with a largely completely different squad, is having similar complaints.

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«It was so easy the way that we conceded [or] the way we were soft in