Troubled Chelsea needed to accept a disappointing 0-0 draw in opposition to Bournemouth on Sunday as their dismal begin to the Premier League season confirmed no indicators of enhancing. Mauricio Pochettino’s facet have received simply as soon as in 5 league video games this time period and so they have been booed off after missing any semblance of a leading edge on the Vitality Stadium. The Blues are and not using a purpose of their final two matches and have scored solely 5 occasions within the league this season. They are languishing in 14th place, nearer to the relegation zone than the highest 4, as Pochettino involves phrases with the scale of the duty going through him at Stamford Bridge. “I cannot say that I am happy but it was a very competitive game. We should win 1-0 or 2-0 easily because in the first 30 minutes we had the chances,” Pochettino stated.

“With 12 injuries and only three players that started today who were with us for these two weeks I think I need only need to say it was a really good effort.”

The former Tottenham and Paris Saint Germain boss was employed within the close-season to scrub up the mess left by Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Frank Lampard, who all had spells answerable for Chelsea throughout final season’s wretched marketing campaign.

But Pochettino has up to now been unable to make an impression regardless of Chelsea’s £350 million spending spree on new signings.

A rash of premature accidents have not helped however Chelsea’s resolution to largely signal youthful gamers has left Pochettino with an inexperienced squad that lacks the maturity to shut out video games.

“We need to prove our efficiency in front of goal. We need to be calm also but these circumstances are not always easy for the players. We cannot blame anyone,” Pochettino stated.

“The fans are disappointed because of the situation but I am not worried about that because we really know what we are doing.”

Challenging for a spot within the Champions League was Pochettino’s goal this season, however that ambition already appears overly optimistic on the proof of this drab show in opposition to winless Bournemouth.

While it’s too quickly to say Pochettino is at risk of the sack, he shall be nicely conscious Potter lasted lower than seven months earlier than being sacked by co-owner Todd Boehly.

Pochettino made two modifications from the facet that misplaced to Nottingham Forest of their earlier recreation, with big-money summer time signing Moises Caicedo not noted of the squad and teenager Lesley Ugochukwu given his first Premier League begin.

Chelsea tried to grab the initiative within the early levels, however Enzo Fernandez fired straight at Neto from the sting of the realm earlier than Raheem Sterling dragged his shot woefully large from a harmful place.

Nicolas Jackson went a lot nearer when the Senegal striker drilled his shot in opposition to the put up from 20 yards.

Despite their brilliant begin, Chelsea have been almost undone by woeful defending because the unmarked Dango Ouattara reached a cross with a close-range effort that pressured a nice save from Robert Sanchez.

Gallagher ought to have put Chelsea forward with a shot on the flip from 10 yards, however Neto plunged to his proper to make save.

Chelsea thought they’d lastly taken the lead early within the second when Sterling’s free-kick bounced off the bar to Levi Colwill, who slotted into the empty web solely to see his effort disallowed for offside.

But it was Bournemouth who completed stronger and Axel Disasi narrowly prevented conceding a penalty when his despairing lunge introduced down Justin Kluivert simply outdoors the realm.

Sanchez got here to Chelsea’s rescue within the eightieth minute, saving together with his legs to maintain out Dominic Solanke’s strike.

Sterling might have received it with a close-range header that lacked the ability to beat Neto, who additionally made a nice instinctive save to repel Cole Palmer’s close-range volley.

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