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Mauricio Pochettino has insisted he retains the faith of the Chelsea owner ship amid mounting calls for him to be sacked. The Argentine is under immense pressure from fans, many of whom made their feelings known during the recent 4-2 defeat to Wolves with chants for former manager Jose Mourinho, while former owner Roman Abramovich was also serenaded by a group of supporters. Ahead of Wednesday's FA Cup replay with Aston Villa, Pochettino was adamant that he has heard nothing but positive messages from Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and those calling the shots at Stamford Bridge. "I didn't hear nothing in another way around," Pochettino said when asked if he still feels as though he retains the owners' faith. "I received a very good text from them. "We are all together in this. And that is the most important thing but of course they are in contact with me and the sporting directors every day." Boehly is also in a battle to win over the Chelsea fa NBA ...

Manchester United limped out of the Champions League on Tuesday evening in a woeful 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich at Old Trafford. After a cagey and ultimately goalless first half in Manchester, Kingsley Coman's second-half strike was pretty much the only moment of quality in a drab encounter. Erik ten Hag's side needed a win to have any hope of survival but also relied on Copenhagen and Galatasaray sharing the spoils elsewhere, but victory for the Danish side meant there was nothing United could have done to survive. How the game unfolded In the knowledge that only a win would do, Man Utd certainly upped the intensity from their dismal 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth at the weekend. However, the hosts couldn't cause Bayern too many problems early on, the best they could muster in the opening half-hour being Luke Shaw's long-range effort that was comfortably dealt with by Manuel Neuer. The Bundesliga champions did give United some scares in the first-half, Leroy Sane's dar...

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has revealed he was trying to "energise the team" when he called out Anthony Martial during the first half of Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United. Martial had bagged a goal and an assist last time out in the Premier League and was rewarded with the nod against Newcastle, but he would only make it to the hour mark before being hauled off as United fell to a crushing defeat . During the first half of the Game , Ten Hag stepped up to the touchline to berate Martial for failing to track back, with the Frenchman responding with a less-than-pleased gesture towards his manager. Asked about the incident after the game, Ten Hag insisted it was nothing specific against Martial and more a general message to his entire squad. "It’s not about Anthony Martial, I don’t go into individual performances," he claimed. "I tried to energise the team and tried to get a reaction. We had a tough period and your coaching is a little bi...

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...