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Caicedo and Pochettino blasted after first-half Chelsea humiliation at Liverpool
Tom Weber
- 31 Jan 2024 21:22 GMT
- 6 min read
Chelsea fans were not happy with Moises Caicedo and Mauricio Pochettino after the first half of Liverpool versus Chelsea.
The Reds went into half-time with a more-than-comfortable 2-0 lead that really should have been a 3-0 lead had it not been for Darwin Nunez being, well, Darwin Nunez and smashing a penalty off the post.
Liverpool thoroughly outplayed Chelsea in the first 45 minutes of their Premier League clash, though the Blues were perhaps unfortunate not to receive a penalty early on in the game. Goals from Diogo Jota and breakout star Conor Bradley left Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino fuming.
But the Argentine himself was the subject of criticism from Blues fans, who believe that his tactical setup left record signing Moises Caicedo exposed. The Ecuador international got himself booked early in the first half for dissent and made a high-profile error later on, while his midfield partner Enzo Fernandez - the club's former record signing - didn't cover himself in glory against Liverpool either.
Caicedo tracking Jota in the pocket pic.twitter.com/4x5ogHn8jU
— 🌐 (@isoquince) January 31, 2024
People will protect Poch because “look at the injuries” as if he doesn’t use Enzo like Scott Mctominay, high away from the build up despite building up being his best strength, Caicedo on his own during transition (partially why we conceded) shambles once again
— Johyan (@JohyanCruyff) January 31, 2024
Enzo and Caicedo both on yellows. Bunch of clowns.
— Moby (@Mobyhaque1) January 31, 2024
Caicedo losing the ball in midfield, Chilwell getting fouled and then Liverpool scoring
Game over— N (@Nino12x) January 31, 2024
The masses will focus on the soft defending from Badiashile and Thiago Silva but the focus should be on the fact that Enzo was positioned in Liverpool's last line of defence as opposed to central in the 2nd phase alongside Caicedo to nullify the transition.
Pochettino at fault.— EBL (@EBL2017) January 31, 2024
Caicedo and Enzo are getting COOKED by Curtis Jones 😭
— 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 🌿 (@AnfieldMagic) January 31, 2024
Enzo & Caicedo can’t get on the ball, zero options showing for the ball.
The team is overwhelmed and they are playing like it— Alexis’ Kavkas View 🇦🇿🇬🇪 (@AlexisIsKavkas) January 31, 2024
“Enzo’s the worst 100m singing”
“No Caicedo’s the worst 100m signing” pic.twitter.com/j7LMcQSvLx— saka ❥ (@SabrinaArsenal) January 31, 2024
Mainoo better than the £200+ million package of Enzo & Caicedo lol
— Beth T (@bethTmufc) January 31, 2024
Is this the caicedo they was saying is better than rice
— 🇳🇫 (@privbreezyy) January 31, 2024
I don‘t believe Enzo/Caicedo lost their footballing abilities. Something about this Chelsea team is off, there‘s no chemistry. They need a heartwarming coach not Pochettino
— ⁴² (@MusialaEra) January 31, 2024
