Pochettino:”We dominated Chelsea but they were superior in front of goal”

The much celebrated FA Cup semi-final clash between Chelsea and Tottenham Spurs was a combination of thriller and nightmare, as Spurs were in absolute control of the game but fail shot of maximum impact as well not clinical in front of goal.

Chelsea had five shots on target, scored four goals to overcome Spurs who found the back of the net just twice.

Willian’s free kick and spot kick recorded maximum two goals for Chelsea in the first, while Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic finished up for the blues in the second half. Harry Kane and Dele Alli represented for Spurs in the first and second half in a charismatic display though goals were not enough to see Tottenham through to the finals of the competition. On the event of this defeat Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino insists his team was the better despite losing to Chelsea, and thus:

“Congratulations to Chelsea. We dominated the game, but they were more clinical than us,” Pochettino told BBC Sport. “I feel proud, we were fantastic in the way we played and in our philosophy. They had five shots and scored four goals and we score only two.

“It is important to speak about the moments of the game. We fought a lot. We tried and scored. The penalty for me was a soft penalty or was not a penalty. To go into the changing room 2-1 down was difficult and again we played well in the second half and scored, but then they came back.”

“Only now we can look forward. We are four points behind them and we will try to win our next game,” added the Spurs boss. “I am not worried. The team is strong, we are focused. We were competing with one of the best teams in Europe. Did we deserve more? Sure, but that is football.
“Now we will try to be calm, watch the game again and try to improve. We are in a process of trying to improve, if we cannot win the FA Cup this season we will try again next season.
“We have another difficult game coming up against Crystal Palace. It is a tough league to play, but we are okay. For sure now we are disappointed but that is football.”

Tottenham trail Chelsea with four points in the league, can they still create much pressure over Chelsea in the title chase despite this defeat? Well, that is left to be seen.