Pochettino says he learned lessons from infamous ‘Battle of the Bridge’ to mature as manager
Mauricio Pochettino said Chelsea’s victory at Tottenham on Monday proved he has matured as a manager in the years since his first spell in England.A frenetic 4-1 win in north London came amid two red cards for the hosts as emotions threatened to spill over in a manner reminiscent of the so-called "Battle of Stamford Bridge", when Pochettino’s Spurs lost their discipline and a two-goal lead to concede the 2015-16 Premier League title.After that game, which confirmed Leicester as champions, Pochettino was criticised for allowing his players to lose control of the match and let slip the chance of claiming a first league title since 1961.Yet on Monday, it was his former side whose discipline failed them, with Spurs losing Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie either side of half-time before Chelsea capitalised with a late hat-trick from striker Nicolas Jackson to seal a third straight away win in the league.
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00:00 Just your average game, wasn't it?
00:01 What have you taken from that performance and just how much...
00:06 I learned a lot from the Battle of the Bridge.
00:08 You remember, I said it was seven years ago.
00:12 I got a lot of criticism, I remember, after the 2-2
00:17 on this game because too many people say to me that it was my fault
00:23 because I don't give, you know,
00:27 I don't teach the player how to behave, you know,
00:31 and to control the motion in a game like this.
00:33 I learned a lot. I think that what I can say is that
00:37 this type of game is about, yes, our tactic, technique,
00:43 it's about the players, it's about the form, it's about the, you know,
00:47 the approach of the game, it's about how you prepare the game,
00:50 it's about too many things and also it's about to control the motion.
00:53 Because I think one thing that we need to say
00:57 that my player manage really well is the control of the motion.