“I didn’t know he will pass the ball to me like that”- Chelsea Star Thiago Silva was in tears as he open up on the ‘painful mistake’ that cost Chelsea’s a WIN against Newcastle today- Pochettino has told the player that he will never
Alexander Isak scored the first goal, putting west London behind early on. However, Raheem Sterling scored a great free kick that tied the game against the run of play.
But Chelsea fell behind in the second half and gave up two goals in 60 seconds around the hour mark. Jamaal Lascelles put Newcastle back ahead, and Thiago Silva set up Joelinton for a third.
The senior centre back, who is usually so good in the middle of Chelsea’s defence, was the last one back when he underhit a pass that let Joelinton get in for a simple one-on-one.
Just as things were getting worse for Chelsea, captain Reece James was sent off. Then, Anthony Gordon scored the hosts’ fourth goal of the afternoon.
All around, Chelsea played badly, especially in the second half. But Silva thinks he played a bigger part than most in their thumping loss, and he took to social media to talk about it afterward.
‘I’m heartbroken,’ the 39-year-old wrote on Instagram. We had a bad day.
“I’m sorry for the loss to everyone, but especially to my teammates who always believe in me and help me out. I’m fully responsible. Let’s get stronger and come back stronger.
Mauricio Pochettino, the manager, played down his defender’s mistake after the game. He thought the biggest problem was how the team worked together, not individual mistakes.
“That’s a mistake; I shouldn’t have talked about mistakes.” We were not in the right place when it came to energy. We were not ready to fight today in the best way. “That’s what I care about,” the Chelsea manager said.
It was not the way we thought we were ready to compete today that let us down. It was easy to win even though Newcastle wasn’t playing their best. Chelsea, come here and show them how hard it would be for them to win the game and beat us.
“It was so simple that we gave up.” The way we were weak in every task didn’t show that we were in it for the big prize.
“That’s why I was upset and angry about it.” We need to learn, even if we say we’re a young team. These kinds of games make me very, very, very, very angry because they make you show off your identity.
Hey, we’re young, but we can’t miss this chance to show what we can do. People all over the world praised Chelsea, but we can’t go from Tottenham and Manchester City to say, “OK, I stop one step before, I don’t put in the effort at the right time. No problem, it’ll fix my teammate in the back.” That’s not good.
“This is an area where we need to be stronger.” This is about our mental game and attitude, not our attitude. We need to be ready to fight and show that our mental game is stronger. These are not the same people who play sports. You and I can both play football, but do you want to compete? I want to be ready to play, but we weren’t today.
