Mauricio Pochettino applauds during press conference as incredible Chelsea statistic is mentioned

Mauricio Pochettino applauded a journalist after pointing out Chelsea's brilliant form of late.

The Blaugrana coach already has his future spoke at length in recent weeks and there they had been rumors that the club was willing to fire him at the end of the season.

So, when it was pointed out at his press conference that Chelsea been in good form, Pochettino could only applaud.

The Argentine was told that only three teams have won more points (35) in the Premier League since Boxing Day than Chelsea (Arsenal, city ​​of manchester and Liverpool).

The west London side had a disastrous start to the season, winning just once in their first six Premier League games.

But since February 12, Chelsea have lost just once in the league and are now knocking on the door of a European spot in seventh place, although with a game to go they may have left it too late.

Pochettino said: “People talk a lot this season. People talk about a lot of things.

“If you asked me about all the things that have happened in the last 10 months, I think entering Europe would be very good for us.

“But are we going to judge people by the results or are we going to judge people by the process implemented and all the circumstances that we have had (to face)? That's a difficult thing to judge.

“I don't want to be repetitive, but I think that's the story of Chelsea; even if we win the next two games, it won't be a successful season.

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“We want too much (to think about) the history of Chelsea. But for me it can be a very good season.”

Chelsea face Brighton on Wednesday before taking on Bournemouth on the final day of the season on Sunday and, after three wins in a row, confidence has returned to Stamford Bridge.

Pochettino added: “It is important to keep a strong mentality and really believe that we can enter (Europe).

“It is true that they are going to be two really difficult games because tomorrow against Brighton they are a really good team and it will be very difficult to play against them, and then (we have) Bournemouth at home (the last day).

“The most important thing is to believe. The team is doing well, in the second part of the season, in the last 26 or 27 games, I think we are doing very well.

“We have to continue like this, always trying to do our best, compete and continue improving.

“If we can compete well in the last two games then we will have a chance to make it to Europe, which would be fantastic for us.”