Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has said Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly and co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart have offered him and the team their full support despite a torrid start to the season.

Chelsea, who finished 12th last term, currently sit 14th in the Premier League table after winning just one of their opening five games of the new campaign.

Pochettino said of Boehly: “We talk. We talk with the sporting directors — they are supporting the project. They are not disappointed because we have similar feelings about the project.

“We are playing well but we need to be more clinical in front of goal. That is the most important thing in football. It’s difficult to find data that says Chelsea is not on the top [of chance creation].

“I am not frustrated because I think the team is performing well and missing many key players. I am disappointed because I think many teams with less score more. That is why we feel bad. The players deserve more.

“The only way to find what we want is to keep pushing, keep playing. I am so happy with how the team felt after Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest. They really care and they really want to win games and I think this week was good to work hard.”