Pochettino believes that Chelsea are beginning to be “awake to the competition” | Top Vip News

Less than a month ago, Chelsea went to Anfield and were beaten 4-1, only to follow up with an even more shocking defeat at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers, again conceding four goals. It was the worst result and performance of the season, one of the worst we have seen at home in a long time and the last worthy entrant in our Hall of Shame.

One might assume that the only way was to go up from there, a dead cat bounce at least, as our private equity investors would say during their day jobs.

But Chelsea seem to be doing more than that. Having struggled away from home all season, we have been unbeaten in all three games since, winning 3-1 in a row against Aston Villa in it FA Cup and against Crystal Palace in the league, and then kept city ​​of manchester to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad last weekend. And we certainly had good courage for that draw, playing with the kind of control and composure that we have lacked so many times in the chaos of this season.

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Will this finally be the turning point of our season and this project? Of course, Sunday’s game will go a long way to determining that narrative, as results always do, but, if nothing else, we hope that we can at least maintain our new standard of performance. Mauricio Pochettino believes that this team is starting to be capable of that.

“In recent weeks we are learning a lot and we have taken a step forward (and) I think we arrived at a very good moment (…) a little with security and confidence. The team is beginning to wake up to the competition. It’s like a click to change the way we compete that we were missing perhaps in the first part of the competition, of the season.”

“(Not) just mentality. (Many) things changed. Always, with young teams we need time to be more mature and improve in different areas but it is not just in our mentality. When we talk about playing football or competing, it is in all areas to improve and I think now the team is improving and maybe we have the opportunity to be more consistent in the way we compete and in the last games I think the team competed very very good”.

“(…) When you build a team, you can’t force telling the players to do this, to behave like this, to be nice to your teammates and to help your teammates, no, these kinds of things have to come of natural form. If it comes naturally, I think they are very strong, but if it is forced, when things are not natural, it never works.”

But obviously we want the trophy, not just a moral victory.

“Liverpool is a very competitive team (and) we have to match it (and be) prepared to manage some moments during the games. (…) It will be special to play (at Wembley) and it will be special to win. “We are going to try to compete as best we can and be better than Liverpool and deserve to win the trophy.”

“It’s not about (playing) finals, it’s about (winning) finals, yes. (…) I am focused on trying to win.”

-Mauricio Pochettino; fountain: Soccer.London

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t be lost.

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