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Mauricio Pochettino has insisted that Chelsea have to 'blame ourselves' after their disappointing defeat to Brentford at Stamford Bridge. The Blues, following a poor start to the season, had been buoyed by a 2-2 draw with Premier League title challengers Arsenal last week heading into their Saturday lunchtime clash with Brentford. However, despite having 69% possession and 17 shots on goal, Chelsea would ultimately lose 2-0 to Brentford thanks to second half goals from Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbeumo. While Chelsea did manage 17 efforts on goal, only two of these efforts actually tested Mark Flekken in the Brentford goal, and speaking to the club's website after the defeat manager Pochettino lamented his side's struggles to convert chances: "The analysis is clear because in the first half we should score and we didn’t score. That's easy. When you dominate and create chances, don't concede chances, and the opponent does cross the halfway line, you should sco...

Morbidelli was involved in a red flag incident on the first lap of the sprint race at Jerez at Turn 2 when he made contact with Alex Marquez, with Marco Bezzecchi also involved. Then on the first lap of the grand prix on Sunday, Fabio Quartararo on the other Yamaha collided with Miguel Oliveira after the Frenchman was squeezed between the RNF rider and Bezzecchi. There have been first-lap collisions in three of the first four sprints and three of the opening four grands prix, with Enea Bastianini, Miguel Oliveira, Marc Marquez and Joan Mir finding themselves injured as a result. Morbidelli believes Michelin’s front tyre has “a weak point”, in that “the performance drops” when it gets too hot, and this is leading to “crazy” first laps as riders look to gain as many positions as possible before getting stuck. “We need to start thinking deeply about this, because there was another red flag, another scary moment, another dangerous moment,” Morbidelli said. “Michelin, they need ...