{"id":295110,"date":"2023-11-13T01:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T01:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295110"},"modified":"2023-11-13T01:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T01:24:43","slug":"pochettino-is-the-best-thing-about-chelsea-carragher-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/pochettino-is-the-best-thing-about-chelsea-carragher-insists\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino is the &apos;best thing about Chelsea&apos;, Carragher insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mauricio Pochettino is the &#8216;best thing about Chelsea right now&#8217; and NOT the players or owners, Jamie Carragher insists &#8211; as he says &#8216;everything around&#8217; the manager must improve after draw with Man City<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jamie Carragher has lavished praise on Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The pundit believes Pochettino is currently the standout aspect at the club<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why we should get excited about Cole Palmer &#8211; Listen here to It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jamie Carragher has lavished praise on Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino, describing him as the &#8216;best thing&#8217; about the club at present.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino watched on as his side fought back from behind three times to claim a point against Manchester City, with Cole Palmer levelling in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Blues&#8217; shaky start to the season, they enter the upcoming international break in the top half and with their Champions League ambitions intact.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the thrilling 4-4 draw will offer Pochettino and his squad renewed hope, and Carragher has insisted the manager remains the standout aspect at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The best thing about Chelsea right now is Pochettino, not the players or the owners \u2013 the manager,&#8217; Carragher said, live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/00\/77721147-12741457-image-a-2_1699837196750.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Carragher has insisted Mauricio Pochettino is the &#8216;best thing&#8217; at Chelsea this season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/00\/77720915-12741457-image-a-2_1699836823870.jpg\" height=\"388\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cole Palmer scored a dramatic stoppage-time penalty to earn a point against Manchester City<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/00\/77720921-12741457-image-a-3_1699836827829.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carragher believes Pochettino must be backed with sweeping improvements across the club<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s the most important man, when you talk about Chelsea getting back to winning trophies, I&#8217;m not sure they could have got a better manager that was available. Everything around him has to improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The players, they&#8217;ll now have the confidence that they can go up against the best team in the world \u2013 confidence in the manager as well, that he can set them up in a certain way, every big game he&#8217;s given the opposition problems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were the better team against Liverpool, the better team against Arsenal and I think they were the better team today in terms of causing the opposition problems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So there&#8217;s a lot to feel good about at Chelsea \u2013 we can go back to the ownership and how much they&#8217;ve spent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But in terms of Pochettino and the young players, there&#8217;s a lot of optimism going forward that they can compete with the best teams and a manager who can compete with the best managers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea return to action at fellow top four hopefuls Newcastle on November 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12741457\/Mauricio-Pochettino-Chelsea-players-owners-Jamie-Carragher-Man-City.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mauricio Pochettino is the &#8216;best thing about Chelsea right now&#8217; 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