Chelsea really frustrated by one pattern emerging under Mauricio Pochettino, they’re looking into it

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Chelsea’s hierarchy are looking into a worrying trend regarding the team’s performances in the second halves of games.

That is according to a report from The Guardian.

They explain that Chelsea are looking into their habit of fading after half-time under Mauricio Pochettino this season.

It is understood that there’s a frustration around the club that encouraging first-half performances have not been backed up enough times.

Despite leading London rivals Brentford 1-0 at half-time at the weekend, the Blues ended up with a 2-2 away draw in the Premier League fixture.

From memory this season, Chelsea have been slow out of the gates after intervals on several occasions.

Whatever Blues head coach Pochettino is saying to his players during the half-time break inside the dressing room clearly isn’t working.

There’s data to support the worrying trend this campaign, too.

SoccerSTATS records that Chelsea would sit eighth in the Premier League table right now based solely off first-half scorelines. They’ve actually only trailed at half-time in three of their 26 league matches so far.

In contrast, Pochettino’s side are 18th in the division table from second-half scores.

Chelsea form

It’s pretty obvious that Chelsea are fast running out of time to salvage their league season.

The Blues are only six points behind West Ham in seventh spot with a game in hand, but we’ve not got much faith of putting together a winning run. Up next, we host Newcastle United on Monday night.

It must be alarming for Pochettino to hear speculation in the media pointing towards Chelsea looking at other managers. For example, The Guardian claims this week that Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim is currently being monitored by the Blues.

Can this young and inexperienced Chelsea group turn things around to keep their current boss in the manager’s dugout?

For certain, they’ve got to find a way of putting together a full 90 minute performance, something rarely seen over the course of the season so far.