EXCLUSIVE NEWS: Fabrizio Romano criticises Chelsea’s performance against Newcastle United as “not acceptable.”Chelsea were poor against Newcastle United yesterday and Fabrizio Romano has admitted that it was far from good enough from Mauricio Pochettino’s side.

Romano, who spoke exclusively to Footballwave for his Daily Briefing column, explained why Chelsea’s 4-1 loss to Eddie Howe’s team at St. James’ Park yesterday was due to their inability to perform at crucial times against Newcastle.

Even though Chelsea has recently shown some improvement, it is still apparent that Pochettino has a lot of work ahead of him to make Stamford Bridge a better place this season.

The Argentine took over at Chelsea in a challenging role, and while it will undoubtedly take time for his strategies to pay off, they also need to be performing far better than they did the day before.

When it came to the outcome and performance, Romano did not hold back; following the game, he declared that he agreed with Pochettino’s strong remarks.

Chelsea’s 4-1 away loss to Newcastle United yesterday was a terrible start to the day. After the game, Mauricio Pochettino expressed his displeasure, believing that this was their worst performance since he joined the team, according to Romano.

“I have to admit, I agree with Pochettino—the team did not play with complete focus at crucial junctures, which made for a poor performance. They still have a long way to go because this is unacceptable at this point.

“They still have work to do, as evidenced by their thrilling 4-4 draw with Man City and their 4-1 victory away to Tottenham, but they are still 10th in the table.”