Reports have claimed that Mauricio Pochettino was not too happy with Christopher Nkunku for Chelsea last night.
According to Football London, microphones picked up the manager giving instructions to the Frenchman during the first half hydration break.
Last night saw Nkunku start for the second consecutive pre-season game, although this time he did not play as the outright striker.
Instead, he occupied the number 10 role as the manager took the opportunity to start him alongside Nicolas Jackson in the starting side.
The Senegal international has been arguably the most impressive performer of pre-season for the Blues, and he added to his success with another goal last night.
It became two goals and three assists in about 100 minutes of football so far, and his composure in front of goal impressed the Argentine in charge.
Pochettino shouting at Nkunku
Pochettino was seemingly not too thrilled with how Nkunku started the game, and was concerned with how he was playing too much like a striker.
After discussions with the boss, the France international began to play a bit deeper, which opened up more space for Jackson.
The former RB Leipzig man was given a few minutes up front in the second half, and he saw a good effort saved well by Nick Pope.
There is still quite a lot of debate over where Nkunku is going to play when the Premier League campaign gets underway against Liverpool in two and a half weeks’ time.
There was little expectation when he signed that Jackson was going to be the standout number nine at Stamford Bridge.
However, it is hard to doubt his quality after the cameos he has been handed so far this summer, with him surely going to feature in the final two friendlies in the coming days.
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