Mauricio Pochettino admits he began to fear the worst after Chelsea lost 4-2 to Wolves back in February.
Chelsea were booed off the pitch following the defeat and the wife of Thiago Silva, Belle, posted on X that “it’s time to change”. The result left the team 11th, sitting closer to the relegation zone than the top four.
When asked if there was ever a moment he was worried about what was going on, he replied: “I think after Wolves. I didn’t think we are going to be sacked, but it was a tough moment.
“That defeat at home was really tough, really tough. That was… at this moment, as a coach and a staff, you feel loneliness. When you feel like everyone is seeing you as if you’re guilty of something and you don’t know what’s going on.
“In this moment, we feel the loneliness. We were alone there after the game. Waiting. We spent two hours… it was a long time after the game we were there, watching at each other, the five coaching staff, in a very small room.
“We were more sad. It was an unfair situation we were in. It was a situation we didn’t deserve, but the result put us in a very difficult situation.”
Chelsea have lost just one of 14 Premier League games since then and look set to qualify for one of the European club competitions next season via a top…
