Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has given his verdict on Malo Gusto’s red card in Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Gusto said: “It was in front of me but I didn’t see it, so I cannot say it wasn’t a red card. We need to trust the referee and the VAR and we cannot go back and change the decision, we need to accept that.

“It’s the player’s responsibility, we cannot blame the referee or the VAR. In this situation we need to act in a different way.

“I’m not going to blame or say anything against Malo Gusto, because sometimes these situations happen in football, but of course the situation affected the team and the game in a negative way.”