Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is anything but satisfied with both his side’s position in the table (currently tenth) and the Blues’ performances in the Premier League.Ahead of the Sunday tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, in an interview with Sky Sports, Poch explained his views on the matter, admitting it’s not what he had in his plans before the start of the season. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7759327##”We wanted today to be in a different position on the table, of course, I cannot say false.”I have to be really honest and say I am upset – not frustrated because we knew this was going to be tough, but the circumstances have not been kind.”Injuries make us to be a little bit delayed and not progress in the way we want to; that is why we are late in our way to achieve things. I have no doubt we are going to be late, but we are going to perform and win games, and be in the position we deserve to be.”🔵 Pochettino: “Nkunku will be key for us in the long term, for sure”.“I’m not going to put pressure on him. We’re going to push him, to help him to perform better every day. He needs to be clever also to understand that he needs to push himself…”. pic.twitter.com/w1gVta64vB— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 24, 2023 The objective is, Pochettino added, to take all the points and reach European competitions after failing to do so in the previous campaign. “I want to win. We need to keep winning and taking points. Yes, we want to be higher on the table, but we cannot achieve this if we don’t earn it. We have to deserve it.”We have to be more competitive – we showed a great way to compete against Sheffield United and now we need to keep moving in the same direction,” concluded he.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 18Friday Aston Villa – Sheffield United 1-1 (0-0)/Zaniolo 90+7 – Archer 87/Saturday West Ham – Man.Utd. 2-0 (0-0)/Bowen 72, Kudus 78/Fulham – Burnley 0-2 (0-0)/Odobert 47, Berge 66/Luton – Newcastle 1-0 (1-0)/Townsend 25/Nottingham Forest – Bournemouth 2-3 (0-0)/Elanga 46, Wood 74 – Solanke 50, 57, 90+3/Tottenham – Everton 2-1 (2-0)/Richarlison 9, Son 18 – Gomes 82/Liverpool – Arsenal 1-1 (1-1)/Salah 29 – Gabriel 4/Sunday 16.00: (4.00) Wolverhampton (3.60) Chelsea (2.00)***odds are subject to change
