Mauricio Pochettino admits he used to be a master of the dark arts as a defender for Argentina and Espanyol — but says VAR now makes it so much harder to stop the likes of Erling Haaland.
The Chelsea manager locks horns again with Pep Guardiola as Manchester City visit Stamford Bridge on Sunday, 26 years after a feisty meeting as players in the 1997 Barcelona derby.
Both Espanyol goals in their 2-0 win were scored by Florin Raducioiu, who’d been sent back to Spain from West Ham by a furious Harry Redknapp after discovering the Romanian striker had missed a cup defeat at Stockport in order to take his wife shopping at Harvey Nichols.