Mauricio Pochettino sends message to angry Chelsea fans after Wolves defeat

Mauricio Pochettino sends message to angry Chelsea fans after Wolves defeat

According to Metro, Mauricio Pochettino has apologised to fans following Chelsea's 4-2 defeat to Wolves on Sunday but has urged them not to turn on the team.

Cole Palmer gave them the lead, but after that, Chelsea's chances of winning evaporated as the visitors unexpectedly won thanks to a hat-trick from Matheus Cunha and an own goal from Axel Disasi.

Even though Thiago Silva scored a late goal, the Blues were booed off at both halftime and fulltime, with Raheem Sterling receiving a lot of abuse for his subpar effort.

In addition, as the game went on, supporters began chanting the name of former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, attributing most of the current Chelsea team's problems on Todd Boehly's poor management.

Despite having a Carabao Cup final against Liverpool at the end of February, Chelsea is currently 15 points out of the top four in the Premier League and many of their followers are screaming for Pochettino to be fired.

In his post-match press conference, the manager responded to the taunts and criticism from the supporters, asking the Stamford Bridge faithful to continue supporting the squad. He said, "What we can say, apologise to the fans."

'The perception is one thing and the reality is another. The perception is that Chelsea should be in a different position but the circumstance, we are not there. One maybe we are not good enough.

'It's the most important [thing] now to feel the responsibility and of course the organisation and the players that we have. To understand the fans is really important.

'We want to apologise. We are disappointed like them but until the end, you need to fight together and of course we want to take good results in the future.

You must cooperate during the allotted ninety minutes, and if the performance is subpar, they have the right and the capacity to criticize or become enraged.

"The players need support because they are young." Since you [the fans] supported me all the way to the finish, I would like to thank you.

"I am a person." I'm not an automaton. That is obviously an unpleasant scenario. In football, however, you have to concede. You have to accept it while playing for a team like Chelsea, and I believe that's what happened tonight.

'To be in this business, in this type of club, you need to be strong. We have the energy and the capacity to move on.

'Yes, of course, it's not a nice moment but it's always about to move on and convince the players and push the players to never give up, to be brave and recover from this kind of situation.

'The players need to feel the confidence, they need to believe again to compete again. The players want to deliver a very good show. Of course they feel the pressure from the fans in the 90 minutes.

'It's easy to be sitting and watching the players play but when the stress arrives, sometimes it is not easy. Right now, we need to help them recover from the defeat.'

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