Guardiola tells Chelsea to back under-fire Potter after FA Cup rout

Chelsea’s English head coach Graham Potter and Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola shake hands after the English FA Cup third round football match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north-west England, on January 8, 2023/AFPPix: Pep Guardiola told Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly to back under-fire boss Graham Potter after Manchester City thrashed the Blues 4-0 in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.

Riyad Mahrez started the demolition with a fine free-kick before Julian Alvarez’s penalty and a Phil Foden strike made it 3-0 before half-time. The former Brighton manager will hardly have been comforted by the sound of Chelsea fans chanting Tuchel’s name and sarcastically shouting “shoot” whenever they embarked on a rare attack during their latest abject defeat.

“What he’s done at Brighton is outstanding, but we need time in the first season. I had Messi in Barcelona my first season so I didn’t need two seasons because Messi was there.”Chelsea did not muster a single shot in a first half even Potter described as “painful”. “We can’t do anything apart from do our jobs better and work harder. You understand the supporters’ frustration, we respect that. But our job is to do our job and keep working.”

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