Mauricio Pochettino is very happy with Chelsea’s performance during Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup win against Middlesbrough.

The Blues scored six goals to beat Boro 6-2 on aggregate, and book a place in Wembley, despite their first leg defeat away from home.

Pochettino later said of the win: “It is really important.

“Sometimes we can think about the history of Chelsea and the missing players. We are young and we need to grow.

“These types of games are a good experience for young players and it is about now growing and it will help us to compete. We are building a very good team. The mentality is good. We have plenty but we need time.

“I think the performance, I was never disappointed with the performance – it was because we were not clinical. Today I think is our ninth game unbeaten and it is really good. It is a new project. We are building a team and sometimes it is normal to play worse. We played well and we didn’t win but now it will be a big boost for us.

“We don’t have much time to prepare for Aston Villa and also with many injuries, I think we are very happy. People need to believe and trust in us and we go to the final with the chance of winning the first trophy of the season.”

Chelsea will play either Liverpool or Fulham in the final.