Pochettino apologises to match officials for erratic behaviour

Mauricio Pochettino has made an official apology to match official and Pep Guardiola for his rant at full-time after the 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea were on the backfoot, but showed character to come from behind on three occasions to snatch a point. However, Pochettino felt referee Anthony Taylor blew the final whistle inappropriately, wasting the Blues’ a good goalscoring opportunity.

The Chelsea boss approached the Taylor angrily and had to be dragged by his coaching staff.

Guardiola, meanwhile, was waiting for a handshake, but duo to the incident didn’t not get one and walked down the tunnel.

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“I need to apologise to Anthony and the referees and the fourth official.” Pochettino said.

“In the moment, I felt that maybe Raheem [Sterling] can go through and go to score the fifth.”

“I deserve to be booked because I crossed the limit. It’s not a good image for me and for football, this type of behaviour.”