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Pochettino on latest Chelsea news ahead of Burnley trip
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00:00 Hi Richie, Mouriz Kayserou and Mikhail Moudrik are they going to be ok to be part of the squad tomorrow?
00:07 Yes, both on the squad and then we will decide if they can be available to play from the start or not.
00:13 And Karni Chukwumaka, is he ready to be part of a matchday squad now?
00:17 Yeah, he was close last week to join us and this week he was training well.
00:23 I still haven't decided because I need to check with Jesus and the medical staff after training.
00:32 Because I was directly from the pitch to the press conference.
00:37 Because I am 30 minutes late and I apologise for that.
00:42 But yes, we started training a little bit later but we need to assess the players now.
00:47 And see after if we can count with him.
00:53 Richie James is suspended tomorrow but do you think he is going to be ready following the international break?
00:59 I think he was training with the group but it's a shame that he is suspended and banned for tomorrow.
01:06 I think yes, we are really happy in the way that he is recovering after his injury.
01:14 And he is doing well and I hope after the international break he can be available.
01:19 Sorry, sorry, he is available but after he is suspended to have the possibility to be involved.
01:28 Bad news with Ben Chilwell, he is starting his rehabilitation now.
01:32 Are you any closer to knowing how long he could be out for? Some fears it could be too much.
01:37 No, it's difficult. I am not a doctor and I cannot tell what you are asking me.
01:43 I think he is about to charge day by day and we cannot say the period that he is going to be out.
01:52 Back to back wins now but the game against Burnley really significant when you consider the fixes you have got coming up over the next couple of months.
02:01 Always, every single game is important for us. For us it's two different things.
02:05 One is to get the result that I think we need and another is to settle all our principles and help the players to arrive in their best and to get the best form that they can.
02:21 I think it's two different things but I think it's always important. Every single game in the Premier League is important.
02:26 Of course tomorrow is going to be a tough game because it's a team that run a lot and of course try to play.
02:36 He is doing well and of course it's going to be tough but we go there to try to get the three points.
02:43 On a positive note, you now have competition for places when it comes to your strikers.
02:48 You have got a decision to make tomorrow between Armando and Nicolas who is now available.
02:53 Yes, we have already made the decision but they know. For sure you can't find the information.
03:02 But yes, we have already made the decision and we will see tomorrow.
03:07 Hi Mauricio, can you tell us about the back to back wins, the impact they have had in the dressing room?
03:17 It's always about the balance. After two victories it's important to keep thinking in the same way.
03:26 We need to improve. We were losing games and not getting what we deserved.
03:33 I think keeping the balance was the most important thing too. Keeping the belief.
03:38 I think the most important thing is the journey and I think we know very well that we need to keep improving.
03:44 We won two games but still nothing so far.
03:50 The way we wanted to play and perform and get the result we wanted to get.
03:57 In terms of Maku Kurea, he has been doing quite well at right back.
04:02 When Rhys James and Mauro Augusto were available again, do you still see him as one of the players in competition for that spot?
04:10 Yes, in football you never know. I think everything is possible.
04:15 Of course, he is doing well and he is helping the team.
04:20 Brighton and Fulham, he played right back and we won.
04:25 That doesn't mean he is fixed out and going to play everything again there.
04:30 He is about to perform and he is another player to show that they are in condition to fight for the place.
04:41 And of course to show that they deserve to play.
04:44 Chelsea haven't had back-to-back wins in the Premier League since March. Is this a key moment now?
04:50 It's a good opportunity. It's good to know because it's a good opportunity to win again and to feel the victory.
04:59 Because for us the three points are really important.
05:02 Can I ask you about VAR? It's been dominating this week and I'm sure you've been asked about it a few times.
05:11 As a football manager, do you still have confidence in VAR?
05:15 And should the people who are operating it have more confidence?
05:20 It's two different questions. I trust in VAR and how we manage VAR.
05:25 I trust in the car but the driver is a problem.
05:31 I was very critical from the beginning about VAR many years ago.
05:36 I think it's a good decision. This technology is to use when we cross the line and not the ball.
05:45 I think it's important to keep and then when it's offside also.
05:48 But to take time is important for the referee.
05:51 And then maybe we can discuss and argue about if the referee needs to be more involved or the referee needs to have the last say.
05:59 It's really complicated to talk about that because I can't understand the situation and I can't understand why you asked me about VAR today.
06:08 But it's really complicated because if we go back I think we will all suffer.
06:17 Your analogy with the car is brilliant because another half of the question was should the people using it show more common sense?
06:24 If you're driving a car you're using common sense.
06:29 Human mistakes can happen.
06:32 I think when the referee makes a mistake we all accept that he can make a mistake.
06:38 But when that thing happens in a technology that is more difficult to understand, we cannot complain.
06:45 But we can understand that people can make a mistake.
06:51 I agree with you. It's not easy.
06:54 I can understand all the people that were talking and were involved in the last week or the last few days.
07:03 Talking about one thing or another in a different way.
07:06 For me it's about simplifying the situation.
07:10 After many years seeing how it works, I think the most important thing is to return and give the power more to the referee.
07:22 To accept when he's fouled.
07:26 Because in life sometimes the perception is different and to trust in the referee's decision.
07:33 Because it's really tricky when you see the action through the ball, some kicks and situations that maybe make the situation bigger.
07:46 But I think all the people that play football know that sometimes it's not as you see in the image.
07:51 But I think offside, the rule of offside and goal line, that I think to keep.
08:00 That is the only two ways to keep.
08:04 And of course if it's an aggression, a bad aggression, maybe yes, you can go with the ball.
08:09 But then it's about penalties, it's about some action during the game.
08:14 It's about trusting the referee.
08:16 Sometimes you see or not see, it's not very interesting to the referee.
08:19 Because at the moment we are not happy with the VAR, we are not happy with the people that manage the VAR.
08:25 But the worst is we are not happy with the referee.
08:27 That is the problem.
08:30 We need to think a little bit in the future.
08:35 And I think maybe one step back, maybe make the scene easier and more clean.
08:44 Finally on the pitch, Chelsea haven't had many really good goal scoring strikers in the last few years.
08:50 I mean obviously we've had Drogba, Romain Costa.
08:53 Could Emmanuel Brogier be that for you?
08:55 I mean he looked good the other night.
08:57 If he could stay fit, how good can he be?
09:00 Yes, I think we know for now three months.
09:04 We started to work here and we know before.
09:07 But always when you touch the player, when you start to feel the player in training session,
09:11 I think you can see the potential.
09:13 I think Brogier has amazing potential.
09:15 Now it's about how he recovers from his injury and long period that was out.
09:21 I think he's a very talented player.
09:24 We trust him.
09:26 That's why he's playing against Fulham and maybe repeat tomorrow.
09:31 And of course now he needs time because he needs to feel complete recovery.
09:38 But not in his body, not in his mind also.
09:42 Because sometimes we say he was with a problem in his knee.
09:47 But sometimes it also affects your mind.
09:49 And I think he's in a very good mood.
09:51 He's in a very good way, working really hard.
09:54 I hope that he can improve in the next few weeks and can be the player that we really trust.
10:01 Good luck tomorrow.
10:02 You're welcome.
10:03 Alex BBC.
10:04 Hi Noritza.
10:05 I know you said every game in the Premier League is important.
10:09 But is this a good opportunity to build momentum?
10:12 Is it more important to win more?
10:14 Of course.
10:15 It's obvious.
10:16 We want to give the momentum.
10:17 Going into the international break because you have a bit of a gap until your next game.
10:20 Yes, to go into the international break with a different feeling than the last international break.
10:25 It's really important for us to win the game, of course.
10:28 But we need to stay calm until we start the whistle from the referee and start to play.
10:36 I think we can go in advance.
10:38 I think now we were preparing really well for the game.
10:41 And of course we are going to arrive in our best condition.
10:43 And then it's about to compete against a team that is doing well also and try to be better than them.
10:49 A lot has been made about Mikaela Mudrick's confidence.
10:52 Have you seen a change in him since he got his first goal?
10:56 Of course he's improving.
10:58 Like all the players, it's always about time.
11:00 It's about special circumstances.
11:02 Every single player has a special circumstance.
11:04 We need to understand the circumstances.
11:07 In three months we try.
11:09 25, 26, 27, 30.
11:12 Plus the young kids that arrive to the team to help train and sometimes are involved.
11:19 It's a big job to try to understand everyone and to try after to apply the things that we believe can help.
11:29 In an individual way, the player to perform and then to include this guy to adapt to the collective.
11:37 Moises Caicedo, good performance the other night. Are we starting to see the best of him now as he joins the club later in the transfer window?
11:44 Of course it's about time.
11:46 Because he's a player that you already know that can perform in the Premier League.
11:50 But after no pre-season and all the situations that were involved in the last few months, it's normal that you need time to settle in the new club.
12:01 Even if you are happy and everything is perfect, it's always difficult to settle.
12:05 But the situation that happened with him in the summer is normal.
12:09 Now it's like in pre-season.
12:12 We are happy because he was really good against Fulham.
12:17 He's to keep the momentum.
12:19 I'm lucky a little bit because now he needs to go on international break and international duty.
12:25 To play and to travel. It's always difficult to go to South America.
12:29 For this guy it doesn't help this situation but we need to accept and try to help him in different ways for him to perform again when he comes back after the international.
12:43 Last two in the section.
12:45 Hi Mauricio, can you tell us about Romulo Lavia? Is he one of the players you are looking to have after the international break?
12:54 How is he taking up all the pressure?
12:56 I don't believe it. I cannot tell you but still he's not running.
13:01 After the international break he's not going to be ready.
13:05 Going back to the AR and the events this week, Darren England has been taking off Liverpool games for the rest of the season.
13:17 Do you think that sets a bit of a worrying precedent that a referee can be told you're not going to be refereeing a particular club's games for the rest of the season because it's a decision they've made?
13:31 I don't believe the referee is guilty. You're asking me if the referee is guilty or they are going to be?
13:43 He was the referee doing the VAR on that game, not the referee on the pitch.
13:49 Ah, ok. I don't know.
13:51 He will no longer be. Any Liverpool game he can't be involved in. I'm just wondering.
13:57 Do you think that's a worrying precedent that Max Fischl can be specifically taken off the club's games?
14:03 I don't know. I think for sure it was a mistake. We need to accept the mistake. I don't know if it's the right decision or not.
14:10 I don't know. I cannot say. Something different because I cannot put myself in Liverpool's position.
14:20 I cannot put myself in the VAR's position. For sure it was difficult.
14:25 I was listening to what happened during the action. I think we all in this country saw and listened.
14:33 Difficult situation. That is about concentration. It's about being focused.
14:38 Sometimes we demand to the player that he needs to be focused because an action can happen in a second.
14:46 When we drive, when we go on the motorway, it's a fraction of a second that you need to be really, really focused.
14:53 And things happen because we made a mistake. Sometimes we lose the focus. Sometimes we were distracted for something.
15:03 Yes, and then the consequences are the consequences. I don't know. It's difficult to say something.
15:12 It's not because I don't want to say one or another. To be good or to be bad. Guy or good bye.
15:18 It's about that it's so, so difficult. I don't know. He's going to be a president. I don't know.
15:23 I don't know if you can accept if you are Liverpool, they apologise. I don't know.
15:28 It's too many, too many, too many things that when you are not involved it's difficult to know how you are going to react.
15:35 Maybe I was involved and maybe I stopped the game there if I am caught. Maybe, eh? Maybe.
15:40 But he was in shock. His face was in shock. But after for the people that were in Villarreal also, they were embarrassed.
15:48 They feel very embarrassed because of what we were doing. And if you are the opponent, say it's so happy. It's true.
16:00 - Okay, we'll leave it there.
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