Mauricio Pochettino Jokes About why Chelsea Owners Would kill him Following Arsenal Draw

Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino has insisted he was left with no choice but to start Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo in Saturday’s London derby with Arsenal, joking that the club’s owners would kill him if he rested them.

Fernandez and Caicedo, who cost the Blues well in excess of £100m each, both played the full 90 minutes of their 2-2 draw against the Gunners at Stamford Bridge this weekend.

A Cole Palmer penalty and an over-hit cross from Mykhailo Mudryk saw Chelsea open up a two-goal lead and they seemed to be cruising to victory before Robert Sanchez gifted Declan Rice an open goal to close that gap late on.

Leandro Trossard came off the bench to convert a deep cross from Bukayo Saka in the final few minutes of the game and snatch a point for Arsenal.

Pochettino opted to deploy a starting pivot of Fernandez and Caicedo despite both returning late from international duty with Argentina and Ecuador respectively.