Probably the most irritating factor in regards to the penalty incident towards Everton final evening was that it was the third time we’ve seen such issues occur this season, and it’s not all the time been from the younger gamers both.
Raheem Sterling has been concerned in such incidents a few instances, making an attempt to take the ball from Cole Palmer. Then final evening, it was Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson’s flip.
As I mentioned in my match assessment final evening and don’t want to return over it intimately once more, I used to be indignant and actually disgusted to see this play out. I couldn’t fairly imagine what I used to be seeing, and I’m aggravated that it took among the consideration away from an emphatic outcome and efficiency by Chelsea, spanking Everton 6-0!
All of us wanted this outcome so dangerous, and I do know all of us nonetheless loved it and celebrated, however this incident was hovering over us and that isn’t acceptable by these concerned.
I’ve talked about so many instances that Mauricio Pochettino ought to choose a delegated record of penalty takers after which incidents like this could by no means be seen, so long as the gamers respect and perceive that. The penalty taker is Cole Palmer, and that’s that.
It was just a few weeks in the past that Pochettino was explaining to the media that his selection of penalty taker was to permit whoever felt assured sufficient to step up and take it within the second. This was a recipe for chaos and catastrophe. However I used to be much more puzzled that he really admitted that he has and had advised the gamers that Palmer was the penalty taker. So if he did talk that, this appears even worse on Jackson and Madueke and actually doesn’t bode properly.
Pochettino was not glad after the sport, and he actually does deserve paise for the way he reacted and the phrases he mentioned after the sport. It was refreshing to see him upset and instil quick self-discipline to cease this occurring once more.
After the sport, he mentioned:
“I’m going to inform you, to clarify; the gamers know, the workers know, the membership know that the penalty taker is Cole Palmer. All that occurred after is a disgrace. I’m so, so upset about this case.
“We had been speaking within the dressing room in regards to the picture that we ship, as a result of it’s Monday Night time Soccer – each single nation they had been watching the sport and we can not ship the sort of picture. It’s a disgrace. I need to apologise to the individuals and to our followers as a result of that’s unacceptable.
“The self-discipline is a very powerful factor for the crew. That may be a high quality of the game. After all the gamers want to indicate that they’ve the starvation to attain objectives and every part however the sort of scenario, we’re going to decide if that occurs, we had been speaking in an excellent manner as a result of we have to make the scenario clear.
“However I’m not going to simply accept once more the sort of behaviour. I’m going to be very robust if one thing like this occurs once more. I used to be telling them and I promise this isn’t going to occur once more. It’s kind of the method that we have to study when you may have a younger squad that generally the private goals are in entrance of the collective.
“If you ask me why we aren’t constant, why we aren’t performing generally, after which we drop, it’s due to the requirements. The younger squad must have very clear the target of the membership. However on the similar time they should carry out for the crew. They should study actually fast as a result of we’re at Chelsea and the demand is excessive.
“It’s not about punishment. It’s about to study. They’re younger guys, they behave like this. I feel it was superb the response of [Conor] Gallagher like a captain. I feel we can not present that kind of behaviour. That may be a punishment for everybody as a result of all of them know if Palmer is on the pitch, he’s the taker from the day he began to play.
“We have to bear in mind additionally when it was a really troublesome scenario. Keep in mind Burnley? The penalty – no one wished to take it however he took the ball and confirmed the persona from there.
“Look, that occurred. We had been speaking. I can clarify all of what we had been speaking about there. That may be a disgrace. I can solely apologise and say it’s not going to occur. In the event that they behave like a child, right here it’s not possible.
“After the unbelievable recreation that we had been enjoying from the start, to speak at the moment about that, it’s a disgrace and it’s an unacceptable factor. We don’t deserve to speak about that. I apologise to the followers and to the individuals as a result of the way in which we behave. It’s a part of the method.
“It’s not simple to construct a crew. It’s not simple. That’s the reason we have to study and be robust in our choice. After I advised you we’ve all the knowledge to take and decide for the subsequent season, that’s the kind of factor we have to concentrate [to].
“I feel all of us agree the sort of behaviour can not occur once more and they’re unsuitable.
“They don’t seem to be skilled gamers that they actually know what they’re doing. They’re younger, they’re children and they should expertise some conditions to study.
“It’s like we’re in a college. It’s now to indicate that they’re unsuitable and now they should study. In the event that they don’t study, sure, after we are going to take some choices. However now it’s about to study, it’s to make use of the sort of expertise to go on and transfer on.”
I’m so happy with these reactions and that is precisely what I might have been saying he ought to have mentioned, if he didn’t react like this and tried to brush it beneath the rug as an alternative. I feel he has dealt with this completely and I respect him massively for this. No want for further self-discipline I agree, however he has made is obvious this cannot and won’t occur once more.
I do keep although, if he had simply taken this stance within the first place by deciding on and making it clear he had a delegated penalty taker, which he didn’t as a result of he already beforehand admitted that, then we might not even be having this dialog and this text wouldn’t even be written!
