Chelsea ace Sterling goals dig at Potter with Pochettino reward after Luton brace
Chelsea star Raheem Sterling despatched a message to his former boss Graham Potter after revealing a chat with Mauricio Pochettino helped encourage him to open his account for the season in opposition to Luton Town. The Blues ahead put in a stellar show, scoring twice and organising one in a cushty 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge to say their first win of the season, and Sterlling made it clear Pochettino was behind his upturn in kind.
The 28-year-old bagged his first objectives of the season both facet of the half-time interval to spearhead Pochettino in direction of his first Chelsea win. It comes after Sterling produced a man-of-the-match efficiency, regardless of being on the shedding facet, of their 3-1 defeat to West Ham final Sunday.
And the England worldwide spoke at size in regards to the adjustments made underneath Pochettino in comparison with final season underneath Potter, suggesting he was being performed too deep to have an effect.
“I was happy, obviously I think we started half decent against Liverpool and then with the loss last week we needed to get a win here, I’m just happy to contribute with that,” Sterling instructed Sky Sports after the sport.
“It was a bit of frustration from last season from myself personally because I felt like I was always coming with my back to goal. A bit deep and I wasn’t giving myself enough chances to get into the box.
“I had a dialog with the gaffer earlier final week and we have gone by means of the position and I do know precisely what he wants from me and it is so simple as that, I must get on the again foot and do what I do and drive at gamers and get on it and that is when I’m only.
“I came in a difficult period, that’s all finished.. I think the most important thing, I’ve had a look at myself and I’m a person who always tries to analyse what I’ve been doing, what I’ve done wrong, what I can change.”
It proved to be a extra comfy night time for the west Londoners after they doubled their lead after a powerful solo objective from Sterling within the first half.
Malo Gusto in the reduction of to him and he swept dwelling to double his lead, earlier than organising Nicolas Jackson for his first objective for the membership.
Sterling got here in for criticism final season after his £47.5million transfer from Manchester City, scoring simply 9 objectives in all competitions. At instances, he was performed out of place as a wing-back to suit Potter’s back-three setup.
The ex-Brighton boss solely lasted six months on the helm after overseeing a run of two wins in 16 video games which noticed Chelsea slide into the underside half.
They finally completed twelfth – their worst end in 29 years – prompting a large rebuild underneath Pochettino.
The Argentinian boss was delighted with Sterling’s show after talking to the attacker over his contributions to the workforce.
“We have had conversations and his commitment with the way he wants to provide for the team with work ethic and quality,” the Chelsea boss stated:
“He deserves full credit for his performance and we are very pleased. We believe he can provide goals and assists and he works hard to recover the ball.”