Pochettino blamed the players for the debacle against Arsenal

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has blamed the 5-0 Premier League defeat by Arsenal on the players.

The Argentinian said his alumni surrendered and offered no resistance to the opposition in the London derby at the Emirates on Tuesday night.

“I’m very disappointed. I think that after conceding the second and third goals we gave up. The team showed an inability to resist – that’s the problem – commented Pochettino after the goal. –

I don’t think it’s hard to explain. Everyone saw that we didn’t give them any team right from the start. I’m disappointed with the way we started the game.

Arsenal are a very good team, it’s always difficult to compete with them. But I think we let them play, which is why we lost. We gave them too many opportunities to play and create chances.

We played a great game against Manchester City (in the FA Cup semi-final – ed.), but three days later we couldn’t repeat that performance. Maybe we weren’t fresh enough.”

The loss left Chelsea ninth in the Premier League table and the Blues are very close to failing to qualify for Europe for the second year in a row.