Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that he understands the present situation of the club and how people question his effectiveness. However, Pochettino has said that he believes in the club’s project as he thinks the balance is good.

The Blues suffered a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa last weekend making it the third loss in six Premier League games so far.

With Chelsea set to face Brighton in the Carabao Cup, Pochettino said: “I really believe in the project because I think the balance is good, but the problem is that we cannot show it.

“The results don’t reflect the balance because we have players who should be important today who are not in the team because they are injured. Even with all the players fit maybe you can lose games but when there are the circumstances that we have now, it is about having patience and trying to recover all the players.

“When you see the squad I think we have a very good balance. But it’s true now when you see Reece James injured and Malo Gusto out for three games we need to play with a player who is not a full-back, people will ask what is going on. When something like this happens now everyone can talk about how maybe it’s not all right, but I really believe in the project, it’s only about time.”