Pressure is beginning to rise on Mauricio Pochettino as manager of Chelsea.

A damning 4-2 defeat at home yesterday to Wolves was the tipping point for some supporters at Stamford Bridge, who made their feelings known to the manager in particular.

However, there will certainly be a responsibility on the players for what was another poor performance at both ends of the pitch.

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Despite scoring twice through Cole Palmer and Thiago Silva, a number of big chances went begging in front of goal.

The conversation as always revolved around the striker situation in West London. Yesterday saw Christopher Nkunku start up top, however find it difficult to get into the game.

Armando Broja was one of only a handful of recognised centre forwards who were in the squad before he was loaned to local rivals Fulham.

Washington should be fuming with Pochettino

When asked last week if he thought he had enough options to play up front, he said yes, and named Deivid Washington as a player he could rely on.

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The 18-year-old has been named on the bench plenty of times this season, however has only made his way onto the pitch a handful of times in all competitions.

However, after hearing what his manager had to say before the last game he will have believed there could have been more chances coming his way.

This is why he will have been absolutely fuming when he was not even named in the matchday squad for the home match against Wolves.

Pochettino again named two goalkeepers to be deputies to Djordje Petrovic, and sacrificed the place of Washington for that to be the case at Stamford Bridge.

The youngster was not loaned out in January, and will absolutely need more opportunities on the pitch in order to continue his development to the level he is tipped to reach.

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