Chelsea ‘upset’ as Mauricio Pochettino weighs in on Moises Caicedo debut

Chelsea had been left ‘upset’ by their 3-1 loss to West Ham however Mauricio Pochettino refused to criticise new signing Moises Caicedo regardless of a poor debut. The midfielder joined the Blues from Brighton earlier this week in a deal value £115million however his efficiency fell nicely beneath that price ticket when he took to the pitch on Sunday.

The Blues had been emphatically crushed on the London Stadium regardless of having fun with the vast majority of possession and crafting a number of clear-cut openings, particularly within the first half. Nayef Aguerd opened the scoring for the Hammers from a nook within the seventh minute earlier than Chelsea hit again by means of Carney Chukwuemeka.

Pochettino’s aspect might have headed into the half-time break forward after they had been awarded a penalty, however Enzo Fernandez noticed his effort saved by Alphonse Areola. The miss proved expensive, with Michail Antonio and Lucas Paqueta scoring both aspect of Aguerd being despatched off for 2 bookable offences.

West Ham’s third objective got here from the penalty spot, with Caicedo clumsily taking down Emerson in a second that summed up his debut for the Blues. However, Pochettino refused to be drawn into criticising the efficiency of his new No 25 regardless of all of his errors.

The ex-Tottenham supervisor: “When we took the decision to play with him for the last 30 minutes, it’s because he’s ready to play. He did well, very positive things. You cannot say it was massively wrong. He will be disappointed, we are all disappointed because I think we deserved more.”

Caicedo was named in its place in opposition to West Ham, along with his lack of match health – having hardly featured in pre-season for Brighton – credited as the explanation for his absence. Though some might really feel that the event and newly-acquired price ticket might have influenced what was a debut to overlook for the Ecuador worldwide.

Speaking to Match of the Day about Caicedo giving a penalty away, Pochettino added: “It was a very negative impact to the team. We played well in the first half and then it was difficult in the second half, we didn’t find the right way to play and we did change the shape.

“We were rushing the decisions and pushing decisions to make chances and that happens as the team is new – I am sure we will start winning games.” Chelsea will likely be hoping to win their first match of the season on Friday after they host newly-promoted Luton Town at Stamford Bridge. And Caicedo will hope for extra minutes to place issues proper.