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Chelsea legend, Joe Cole has called for more support for Mauricio Pochettino, following the Blues poor outing against Brentford on Saturday.

Chelsea were beaten 2-0 at Stamford Bridge by Thomas Frank’s men— who started the game very poorly, and should have been punished by the hosts on numerous occasions in the first-half.

As expected, some fans have expressed their frustration with the ongoing project at Chelsea, but Cole believes their anger should be directed at the ownership of the club, and not Pochettino, who is clearly doing some good work since he arrived.

“When Mauricio came in, I thought he was the perfect person to rebuild this team with,” Cole told TNT Sports.

“But he’ll always be viewed with that Tottenham history, especially with their slow start to the season, because fans are tribal and their instinct is to lash out and they’re lashing out at Pochettino.

“Ultimately, he’s in there trying his best, the players are trying their best, but there’s something in the structure at the club that isn’t right yet.

“There’s no point in us coming on here and saying they need to play better – it’s down to the people at the top making much better decisions on recruitment, what we are as a club, and living those things – not just saying them and going away.

“This is Chelsea, let’s get ourselves on the right path again, make sure we’re doing things correctly, explain what’s going on to the fans and it’ll start to calm down a bit. Then the players will be able to breathe on the pitch easier because they won’t be as nervous.

“Ultimately, those 11 players, 15, 16 whatever it is after your subs, they need to be confident and they need to feel like they’re part of something.

“It’s got to come from the structure, and I do feel sorry for Mauricio, I do.”