Mauricio Pochettino admits Chelsea lack goals and have themselves to blame for not being ‘clinical’ after loss to Brentford

• Chelsea’s upturn in form was ended after defeat to Brentford at Stamford Bridge
• Mauricio Pochettino has admitted they were not ‘nasty or ‘clinical’ in front of goal
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Mauricio Pochettino admitted his Chelsea team lack goals and only have themselves to blame after they suffered a frustrating home defeat to Brentford in which he was involved with an exchange of words with a fan.

Chelsea were made to pay for missing the chances they did create, particularly in the first half, when Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbeumo netted second-half goals to earn Brentford a third successive Stamford Bridge league win.

Pochettino said: ‘If you don’t score you need to blame yourself and we are going to blame ourselves because we were not nasty or clinical in front of the goal. We create chances but did not score.

‘It’s obvious at the moment, no [the team doesn’t have enough goals]. That is obvious, and your analysis and some point, I think we agree.’

Striker Jackson was in the firing line from a fan during a first-half break in play which sparked the incident between Pochettino and the supporter.

Mauricio Pochettino has admitted his Chelsea side were not ‘nasty or ‘clinical’ in front of goal

The Blues’ upturn in form was ended after suffering a third successive home defeat to the Bees

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Chelsea’s head coach said: ‘It was a moment we all felt frustrated. After 40 minutes of playing really well and creating chances we didn’t score.

‘This moment was a little bit down, the energy of the situation. He [Jackson] arrived to me and we talked about the position on the pitch and find some solution and we gave direction to him.

‘Because it was calm, one fan said “oh wake up” and started to abuse a little bit, I don’t say that abuse but it’s abusing.

‘For Nico, he lost a little bit of focus, I said “come on, be focused here”. He repeat again and I say “oh, let’s stop talking this way, we need support, stay behind the team”.

‘That’s it, nothing more, very respectful and the fan was respectful. He said wake up and the player took it in a bad way. It’s normal because the player wanted to score, to provide a good thing. Nothing more.’

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