{"id":296824,"date":"2023-10-23T00:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296824"},"modified":"2023-10-23T00:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:24:35","slug":"pochettino-jokes-he-would-be-killed-if-he-didnt-start-chelsea-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/pochettino-jokes-he-would-be-killed-if-he-didnt-start-chelsea-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino jokes he would be &apos;KILLED&apos; if he didn&apos;t start Chelsea pair"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mauricio Pochettino jokes he would be &#8216;KILLED&#8217; if he didn&#8217;t start \u00a3222m stars Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo in Chelsea&#8217;s draw with Arsenal<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo were not fresh for Chelsea&#8217;s Arsenal clash<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The \u00a3222m midfield pair were late returners from international duty<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mauricio Pochettino might have preferred to ease them back into action\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino joked he would be killed if he did not field Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo against Arsenal despite the pair not being totally fresh &#8211; including by Chelsea&#8217;s owners.<\/p>\n<p>Midfield duo Fernandez and Caicedo were late returners from international duty having been in action for Argentina and Ecuador in the early hours of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>In an ideal world Pochettino might have preferred to ease the \u00a3222m midfield pair back in but admitted that was not an option for Saturday&#8217;s London derby.<\/p>\n<p>He laughed: &#8216;Today Caceido and Enzo arrived after two games in America and they were not fresh. But they are important players for us.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/00\/76872873-0-image-m-26_1698017007213.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino joked he&#8217;d be killed if he didn&#8217;t play Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/00\/76872869-0-image-a-27_1698017034281.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fernandez started the clash with Arsenal despite his late return from international duty<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/00\/76872847-0-image-a-24_1698016996838.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fernandez and Moises Caicedo (above) were in action\u00a0in early hours of Wednesday morning<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So now we are going to have a week to work [until Brentford] and for sure they are going to be better and improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s crazy for players to come back from America on Wednesday and play on Saturday. But if I say &#8220;OK, I&#8217;m going to give them a rest&#8221; you will kill me, for sure if they don&#8217;t play. And the owner also!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s really tough to arrive like that. I hope now they can recover and train and in one week be at their best.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12660159\/Mauricio-Pochettino-jokes-KILLED-didnt-start-222m-stars-Enzo-Fernandez-Moises-Caicedo-Chelseas-draw-Arsenal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino jokes he would be &#8216;KILLED&#8217; 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