Pochettino was unable to select Chelsea‘s talisman Cole Palmer due to injury, and he controversially opted to rest the centre-back pairing of Trevoh Chalobah and Thiago Silva, who gave City a tough time at Wembley.

The former Tottenham boss faces a fight to secure his future with only six games left to play in the Premier League. The Blues are ninth, and while European qualification is within reach, performances like Tuesday night’s could see Todd Boehly swing the axe regardless.

“Now it is difficult to see the future because after this game we feel disappointed,” Pochettino told TNT Sports. “It is difficult to talk about objectives. If we compete like Saturday, OK. But if we compete like today, do I think we deserve to go into Europe? I think in this way, no.”