'Pochettino's best night of a traumatic season'

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Mauricio Pochettino knows Chelsea's win at Aston Villa is just a start - but it is an impressive one, writes Phil McNulty.

Chelsea have away league games against Crystal Palace and Manchester City before taking on Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on 25 February

Chelsea's form has been so dismal that any talk of victory in this fourth-round replay at Aston Villa was placed into the bracket of an FA Cup shock - not exactly Maidstone United winning at Ipswich Town level, but a shock nonetheless. Raheem Sterling joined Silva with a watching brief, paying the price for a season that has gone into sharp decline after a bright start, especially in two poor performances in the heavy defeats at Liverpool and at home to Wolves.

What he needed most of all was Chelsea to turn up, for this hugely expensive scattergun collection of a squad to actually show what they are made of, to at least show they are worth something of the vast outlay spent on bringing them together. Malo Gusto was outstanding at right-back, the variety and flexibility of Chelsea's attacking strategy illustrated by the manner in which he delivered a cross from the left for Jackson's header.

 

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