Mauricio Pochettino speaks out on heated row with Chelsea fan in Brentford loss

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Mauricio Pochettino has played down the altercation he and Nicolas Jackson had with one angry Chelsea supporter during their disappointing defeat to Brentford. The Blues slumped to their fourth loss of the campaign against Brentford as they failed to take their chances.

Jackson has found it tough to get going at Chelsea since his summer move from Villarreal. And he came in for some criticism from his own supporters on Saturday during the match against Brentford.

A Chelsea fan could be heard shouting: “Hey Jackson, wake up! Why don’t you score a goal?”

Jackson retaliated by putting a finger to his mouth in a bid to silence the angry supporter. Pochettino also interjected to side with his player, calling on the fan to “support the team”.

The incident at the end of the first half failed to change Chelsea’s fortunes either as Brentford held on for a 2-0 win. Speaking after the match, Pochettino attempted to play down the incident and called the fan “respectful”.

“It was a moment we all felt frustrated,” Pochettino said. “After 40 minutes of playing really well and creating chances we didn’t score.

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“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 said ‘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 only 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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