Chelsea showed promising signs in their win over Newcastle, but still lacked consistency in their game to see the tie off. It meant the hosts had to be focused until the very end after Jacob Murphy’s wondergoal in the 90th minute made for a nervy six minutes of stoppage time.
It might be inevitable, given the many new and young players in the team, that it takes time before they are fully adjusted to each other and the system. Pochettino reiterated after the game to media that they are trying to build something different, despite enduring a challenging few weeks prior to yesterday’s win.
"We need to keep believing, even when it is in a tough situation, a tough circumstance, like when we were playing in the [Carabao Cup] final for 120 minutes and after three days we play FA Cup and then against Brentford. In six days we play three very tough games and with all of the circumstances, nearly with the same team and [that] was really tough.”
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