Football managers can survive a lot of things, but when they start to lose the fans, things get really difficult.
Chelsea fans still like Mauricio Pochettino, but there’s no doubt their patience is running out. At full time on Wendesday night, the whole team were booed by the away fans, and today that reality was put to Pochettino in his press conference.
The coach said he and his players “need to accept” that reaction after such bad performances. The best thing they can do is knuckle down and start winning. Boos evaporate surprisingly quickly in the face of success.
You can see the manager speaking in the clip embedded here: