Mauricio Pochettino fought hard as Chelsea comfortably beat Aston Villa to advance to the FA Cup fifth round.
Enzo Fernández capped off first-half goals from Conor Gallagher and Nicolas Jackson with a brilliant free-kick to seal a 3-1 win , and sealed the victory in the last 16 tie against Leeds at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea fell into disarray at Villa Park after losing 4-1 and 4-2 to Liverpool and Wolves respectively, leaving them 11th in the Premier League. But Pochettino insists they cannot compare with the dominant side of Roman Abramovich’s era, who won five Premier League titles – despite spending more than 100,000 under co-owner Todd Boley. 1 billion pounds. As Chelsea fans sang for former boss Roman Abramovich, the visitors took the lead in the 11th minute through Gallagher.
He said: “We need to stop being Chelsea 20 years ago. We are not this type of Chelsea anymore. Now we need to continue, we need to build this project. We need to move on and I don’t care what people say to me Satisfied or not. I care about the club, I care about my players and I want to help the players.
“We are going to fight, I don’t care what people say. I don’t feel more sad or happy after winning today because we have experience and this type of project takes time and trust. We can’t build a team to challenge because you need to solve There are so many things you need to observe, analyze and compete with.
“We are building a project that could take one, two, three years. You can see today that we are ready to fight. We fight for the fans, for the badge, for the coaching staff. The challenge now is to be consistent.”
