“After 90 minutes we were ahead.”Published at 12:57
Chelsea vs Leeds (Wednesday, 19:30 GMT)
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Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino was asked about Gary Neville’s comments about the “blue millionaire bottle job” and whether players are under pressure due to team costs. He gives a very long and varied answer…
“We have to put everything in context. We can’t take away from the game of football, what we see in the game. I respect the opinion of all the pundits and I have a good relationship with Gary. But that doesn’t mean sometimes.” In my opinion, they can be unfair.
“At the end of the 90 minutes we were the better team. We deserved the win. We weren’t clinical enough. Then you always need luck.”
“The team was tired, but our way was to go out and play. We gave it our all.” [Christopher] Nkunku, I put it in. [Mykhaylo] Madrik has completely renewed his attack. We didn’t change our offense for defensive players.
“And yesterday I heard that Nkunku was injured, but I don’t know when or how he got injured. There are too many circumstances.
“We never forced teams into penalties. We are a brave team and we will always aim to win within 90 minutes. At half-time of extra time we said we would go for it and That’s why we played our offensive players. Try to win the game. It didn’t happen, but we have to analyze the game. In extra time, maybe they played a little bit more. Take control and then you’ll be the best player on the pitch [Virgil Van Dijk]he scored, and that was the difference.
“For 90 minutes, we were the better team. If people want to say otherwise, I mean I didn’t shake Todd’s hand.” [Boehly]or what Gary says… I’m not British so I sometimes struggle with what people say, but we all want to be around brave people in our lives.
“For three or four years under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool didn’t win a title. Look, now they’re getting what they deserve. For us, after eight months, we’ve reached the finals. “It’s a big accomplishment to play in a final. We were there, a lot of people. “Young players put in 90, 120 minutes and now they understand what it is to play in a final. , this experience will make you even better. ”
