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Mauricio Pochettino has revealed he is delighted with Chelsea’s Carabao Cup victory against Newcastle United.

The Blues came from a goal down to force the tie into penalties, which they went on to win 4-2.

Pochettino later said of his players, who fought hard to win it: “We are talking about players that are young, players that arrive and suffer an injury, disturb. Now they meet the team, then they meet the competition.

“They need time to start to perform to get the best form. That is sometimes, everyone can judge, yes, you’re going to play but the most important is in which form?”

Nkunku made his Chelsea debut in this game, and Pochettino has asked for patience with the Frenchman.

He continued: “Because the expectation is to see the best Nkunku, the problem is we need time for him to perform in the way we expect. One thing is to be available, another is performing to the way we expect.

“Too much pressure on him, day by day we are pushing him to arrive as soon as possible to his best to try to help the team in the way we expect.”