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Chelsea boss Pochettino defends side after 'billion-pound bottle-jobs' jibe

Mauricio Pochettino defended his team after Gary Neville's description of Chelsea as "billion-pound bottle-jobs," and said it is impossible to compare the Blues with Liverpool following their Carabao Cup final defeat at Wembley.

Virgil van Dijk's glancing header from Kostas Tsimikas' 118th-minute corner handed Liverpool a 1-0 win on Sunday despite Jurgen Klopp missing 11 first-team players through injury and relying on three teenagers to finish the game -- the highest number in a League Cup final since 2007.

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