Chelsea boss Pochettino: We must accept this team not ready to match those of the past

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has warned the club not to celebrate an impressive FA Cup semifinal defeat to Manchester City.

Chelsea's young team pushed City on the day, but Pochettino insists that's not enough.

He said afterwards: “Now we are going to play on Tuesday against another very good team in Arsenal. We need to be ready. With the circumstances that have happened, maybe we cannot change too much but I think like Manchester City, they had no time to recover and feel 100 per cent, and the same for us on Tuesday.

"But I feel happy with the way we are evolving. Of course I feel disappointed because we need to split two things, we think only in the history of Chelsea and the team are not matching the history of the club.

"We need to accept the team in a different way, not to compare it with Chelsea's history. The evolution is good with all the circumstances. We need to be ambitious and think how we can be better next season. We need to finish well and strong this season."

Chelsea boss Pochettino: We must accept this team not ready to match those of the past

Chelsea boss Pochettino: We must accept this team not ready to match those of the past

Chelsea boss Pochettino: We must accept this team not ready to match those of the past

Chelsea boss Pochettino: We must accept this team not ready to match those of the past

Chelsea boss Pochettino: We must accept this team not ready to match those of the past