Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino cut a disappointed figure following his side’s defeat to West Ham United at the London Stadium on Sunday night.
The Blues fell to a 3-1 defeat against their fellow Londoners.
Post-game, Pochettino told reporters: “I don’t believe we can call it a mentality thing [the loss]. I think today the result doesn’t reflect the performance. In football, we need to accept that these kind of situations happen. I think the first-half was really good.
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“Only disappointed and the players are really disappointed in the way we conceded the first goal because we start the game knowing West Ham are so, so dangerous in set-pieces, corners. We conceded a few corners and then we conceded the goal. That is a little bit disappointing.
“I was really upset at half-time about that. I think the players will agree and feel the same and then I think also we did really well in the first-half. We should be winning the game at half-time.
“In the second-half, we reshaped the team. The injury to Carney Chukwuemeka, we didn’t find a way from the beginning. Then when we started to find a way to play, we then conceded another goal. Then we started to take different decisions, trying to find the right timing in offensive situations. Yes, disappointed but this is a process and we need to keep working.”
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