On Monday, Chelsea inflicted their first Premier League defeat of the season on Tottenham, their London rivals, with a fine 1-4 and this Sunday they challenge champions and leaders Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.
A full pulse in between Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino, who now expressed his admiration for his rival. “For me this is the best team, the best coaching staff, the best coach, this is the best or one of the best organizations in the world,” Chelsea’s Argentine coach said in a press conference.
“They have shown that they will dominate English football because they deserve to. This is the team you want to beat, the one you want to challenge,” said Pochettino, who He hopes his team will stand by him despite being in tenth place, 12 points behind City.
Balance in favor of Pep
Pochettino faced Guardiola 22 times as a coach whether in a Barcelona-Espanyol, a City-Tottenham or a City-PSG. He will be the first to do so to the head of Chelsea. The balance is clearly in favor of the Catalan with 13 wins, 4 losses and 5 draws.
Nico Jackson and his hat trick against Tottenham
The match came after the scoring breakthrough of Nico Jackson, author of a hat trick against Tottenham, but Pochettino does not want to put pressure on the Senegalese striker, who at 22 arrived at Chelsea last summer from Villarreal.
“It’s easy to say he’s okay, he scored three goals. It’s a process. “He’s still young, he needs to improve.”. Pochettino said. “I should have scored a six. The most important thing is to stay calm and relaxed and it will get better with time.” Before this match, Chelsea had barely scored 13 goals in the first 10 days of the Premier League.
Source: La Verdad
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