Mauricio Pochettino said Chelsea supporters do not need to trust him, but should “trust the club” after being on the receiving end of negative chants during the victory over Leicester in the FA Cup.
The home supporters booed the decision to substitute Mykhailo Mudryk instead of forward Raheem Sterling in the 78th minute, with some fans chanting “you don’t know what you’re doing”.
Sterling had missed a penalty and another good chance in the first half, then blazed a free-kick wildly over in the second before Chelsea went on to win 4-2 and reach the semi-finals.
“We need to accept the situation,” Pochettino said of the fans’ criticism.
“It’s like when I try to explain the situation of the squad, maybe I need to explain also [to] the fans. We need to accept it.
“That does not mean we agree or not agree but we need to accept.”
