Pochettino’s time at Chelsea goes from bad to worse as he sets unwanted record not seen at Stamford Bridge in 35 years
FANS turned the pressure up on Mauricio Pochettino after Chelsea’s 4-2 home humiliation against Wolves set a shocking record.
Poch’s Blues slipped into the bottom half of the Prem after conceding four goals in successive league games for the first time since 1989.
The Argentinian apologised as Wolves completed a first league double over Chelsea since 1974-75 and added: “It is like everything is going wrong”.
But defender Thiago Silva‘s wife Bella added to the turmoil by posting on Instagram afterwards: “It’s time to change. If you wait any longer it will be too late.”
Yet Chelsea had looked comfortable after Cole Palmer put them in front – only for Wolves’ Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha to notch a hat-trick.
And even though the defeat came after the Blues had won their four previous home Prem games, it highlighted their defensive woes.
Liverpool thumped Chelsea 4-1 at Anfield last Wednesday.
And you have to go back 35 years for such a double dose of leaky defending.
That was when Bobby Campbell’s Blues suffered a horror start to December 1989 – crashing 5-2 at home to Wimbledon, 4-2 away at QPR and 5-2 against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
And with Poch’s men now sitting just one place above their dire finish last season, one fan posted: “Chelsea spent a billion to go from 12th to 11th”.
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Another said “We are officially finished” while a third wrote: “At this point I want us to get hit with FFP charges so we can drop down to The Championship and watch us winning games again.”
Pochettino himself admitted “nervousness” on the pitch.
And the fact he promised to avoid relegation will not be much of a consolation for Blues’ fans after his huge summer transfer spree.
He told BBC Sport: “We need to show more and the circumstances are difficult.
“We were good until Liverpool but after Liverpool and Wolves it is like everything is going wrong. We have been on a good run and we need to move on.”
Poch added: “We started to play with nervousness, made rash decisions… Of course the disappointment is massive.
“We cannot go down, it is a tough moment, but it is a moment to be together and find solutions and try to help the team with our decisions.”