Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino hss revealed he held meetings with Chelsea duo Enzo Fernandez and Nicolas Jackson ahead of Sunday’s Premier League game against Aston Villa.

He said: “We were talking about that today because we were in a meeting with him and also Enzo (Fernandez). I think, come on. A striker, four yellow cards only for talking with the referee?

“You need to get some yellow cards in different actions, not for that. It’s so easy, so cheap yellow cards and I think it is going to put in a very difficult situation the team but he understood.

“But he needs to be clever not to protest to the referees. Maybe because it is his normal behaviour on the pitch, it’s a thing that maybe needs to improve. Maybe this season, change the rule, he came from Spain, it’s different the relationship with the referees in England, (things have) now changed and it is more sensitive, the people about this.

“It’s all about adapting himself and he’s clever and for sure he will adapt. I hope that on Sunday, now we are talking about he is clever and then (he doesn’t pick up his) first action yellow card!”