Mauricio Pochettino, the Chelsea manager, has expressed doubts about the extra 14 minutes given to his team’s match against Brighton at Stamford Bridge earlier today, December 3.
Pochettino, like the majority of the club’s supporters, watched his team struggle to hold a goal lead against Brighton with ten men for over an hour while he sat on the edge of his chair.
Enzo Fernández’s boots gave Pochettino and his team the lead in the 17th minute of the Premier League match at Stamford.
In the 21st minute, Levi Colwill doubled Chelsea’s lead, capping the team’s impressive start. In the 43rd minute, Brighton’s Facundo Buonanotte pulled one back, meaning the first half ended 2-1.
When Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher received a red card in the 45th minute of the second half, it was supposedly the game-changer for Brighton.
However, the West London team managed to maintain their lead and even extended it in the 65th minute when Fernández scored from a penalty kick. After an extra fifteen minutes, Chelsea won the suspenseful match 3-2.
At the end of the tense game, coach Pochettino said: “Why 14-15 mins extra time?!
“We are a young team. We need to leave this kind of experience with red cards.
“With time we’re gonna improve and avoid this kind of situation.
“We have talent, we just need time. I’m sure we will get there”.
Chelsea presently sits tenth in the Premier League standings with 19 points from 14 games, 10 points behind Aston Villa in fourth place, following their 3-2 victory.