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Mauricio Pochettino sends new message to Chelsea fans in passionate speech after FA Cup success

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Mauricio Pochettino has insisted that fans must accept that Chelsea are no longer the same club of the last 20 years as he delivered a passionate speech following the FA Cup win over Aston Villa.

The Blues eased the mounting pressure on their under-fire head coach that had built sharply again following wretched back-to-back Premier League losses against Liverpool and Wolves in which they shipped eight goals in total, with Conor Gallagher scoring his first goal of the season before Nicolas Jackson’s header and a superb Enzo Fernandez free-kick helped Chelsea to stun high-flying Villa 3-1 in their own backyard in Wednesday night’s fourth-round replay, setting up a home date with Leeds in the last 16 later this month.

after his 25-yard belter past Argentina team-mate Emiliano Martinez, removing his

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