Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino is ready for his team to book their place in the Carabao Cup final.

The Blues have the small matter of a semi final second leg against Middlesbrough at home.

Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Pochettino knows that his side have to be at their best to succeed and progress.

He stated: “It's a passport to go to the final, to visit Wembley. It's an important game for us.

“We want to be in the final but first of all we need to beat a very good team. In the first-leg, we could not beat them.

“We are confident we can have a very good game in front of our fans at Stamford Bridge. We need to take advantage of playing at Stamford Bridge."

On the pressure of the occasion, he added: “We feel very disappointed after the game [first-leg]. When you analyze the game, we deserved more.

“But football sometimes isn't like that. We were all disappointed but we have 90 minutes to fix the situation and try to win."