Chelsea supervisor Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday defended his staff’s unceremonius file because the Premier League aspect with probably the most yellow playing cards this season.
Pochettino stated Chelsea’s 56 bookings in 18 league video games didn’t present a scarcity of self-discipline however fairly his gamers’ need to compete.
“We are in a big club, you feel the pressure,” Pochettino stated forward of Chelsea’s subsequent league sport in opposition to Crystal Palace on Wednesday. “When you are frustrated, and you don’t have maybe the experience of other teams, you make a mistake.”
The staff collected 5 bookings in the course of the 2-1 defeat to Wolves at Molineux on Sunday, amongst them Cole Palmer who will now miss the Palace sport after accruing 5 for the marketing campaign.
Raheem Sterling additionally noticed yellow for simulation when he sought a penalty in stoppage time.
“Palmer is playing for us his first season as a regular. It’s normal. The players care, they want to win, they are frustrated,” Pochettino stated. “It’s not discipline. We need to have more the capacity to read the situation of the game.”
Chelsea has already seen suspensions for Reece James, Malo Gusto and Conor Gallagher after being despatched off earlier within the season, whereas summer season signing Nicolas Jackson is simply two bookings wanting 10 for the marketing campaign and an additional two-match ban, having additionally been suspended in September.
Pochettino additionally pointed towards accidents as a contributing consider his staff’s general struggles, with a minimum of eight gamers unfit for the assembly with Palace at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea is tenth within the league, 5 locations above Palace.
