Chelsea fell to another defeat as they were beaten 1-0 by Aston Villa on home soil after Malo Gusto had been sent off for violent conduct and Ollie Watkins bagged the winner
Mauricio Pochettino ordered Chelsea’s players to âgrow up’ after Ollie Watkins’ winner deepened the gloom at Stamford Bridge.
The Argentine watched in frustration as his expensively assembled group misfired again as Aston Villa claimed a 1-0 victory. Pochettino was upset after Malo Gusto picked up a red card for violent conduct, catching Villa defender Lucas Digne high on the follow-through ten minutes after the interval.
And a needless fifth booking for striker Nicolas Jackson has left him short up front with the striker now facing a one-game suspension. He said: “We’ve been talking – and I think we need to grow up as a team, not only as individuals. Players like Nicolas are so young and feeling the Premier League and he is learning.
“We are competing and want to win – but players need to learn from experience and from making mistakes. That’s why we’re disappointed – we’ve got too many things like this. These things, this small detail – another small detail – end in the end we are losing a game.We are in a situation – and we need to change it as soon as possible.”