AFP – Mauricio Pochettino said Chelsea must arrest an alarming run of home results after goals from Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbeumo gave Brentford the bragging rights with a 2-0 win in the west London derby on Saturday.
The big-spending Blues have won just one of their last 13 home Premier League games over the past two seasons and this latest setback punctures belief that Pochettino was beginning to get Chelsea back on track.
After a difficult start to the Argentine’s reign, back-to-back victories over Fulham and Burnley were followed by an impressive performance, even though they blew a two-goal lead, in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal last weekend.
However, Brentford leapfrogged Chelsea into 10th in the Premier League table, pushing Pochettino’s men into the bottom half.
“I’m not happy and think the players also and the whole club is not happy about the run (at home),” said Pochettino.
“It’s a long time that we need to be more consistent here and very disappointed with this. We feel the responsibility that we need to change the dynamic,” he added.
