MAURICIO POCHETTINO screamed at the fourth official and stormed on to the pitch to confront the referee at full time of Chelsea’s thrilling draw against Manchester City.
The Blues snatched a last-gasp point as Cole Palmer expertly fired home an added-time penalty in a topsy-turvy 4-4 draw.
But even after the dramatic leveller, Pochettino was left raging at full-time.
Both teams fought tooth and nail to find a winner, well into the 101st minute.
But as referee Anthony Taylor blew for full-time, Pochettino erupted.
The Chelsea chief was furious as Marc Cucurella had won back possession and was racing forward to launch one last attempt on goal with Raheem Sterling ahead of him.
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Pochettino stormed over to the fourth official to give him a mouthful.
He then darted on to the pitch to make his feelings heard to the ref.
Pochettino was held back by members of his bench as he made his way to the middle.
The Blues boss appeared to scream “what the f***?” and angrily waved his arms before he was hauled back towards his dugout.
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In his post-match interview, Poch simply described his furious reaction as “active” – but did accept he needed to apologise.
He said: “I need to apologise to Anthony and the officials because in this moment I feel Raheem can go through and in this moment I say ‘what the…?!’
“I deserve to be booked, I apologise but this type of behaviour is no good. I want to apologise to him also [Pep Guardiola]. I was focused on the action.”
And fans had plenty to say about it after catching their breath from such an enthralling game.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one wrote: “One of the brilliant games. Pochettino getting emotional at the ref. This is Chelsea we love.”
Another said: “Mauricio Pochettino is raging! Clearly feels the game should have continued for longer. I mean, if I’m honest, I’d have happily let them play all night.”
A third posted: “Pochettino running after Anthony Taylor and even request he get booked was a beautiful sight.”
One Chelsea fan simply said: “My manager.”
Another tweeted: “Mauricio Pochettino absolutely fuming and flaring at the referee at full time!”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
