Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino felt Cole Palmer grew into the game as they defeated Sheffield United 2-0.

Palmer and Nicolas Jackson scored on the day.

Pochettino said: "In the first half we didn't give the possibility for him or for the team to find better positions on the pitch. That is why we changed. We changed the way to build in a medium block.

"Of course, if you see he was using the right pocket Palmer and the left corner. I think too much pressure to our players, to Disasi or Levi when they play the ball. Always one option to play on the side and then it was two v one against Sheffield United mifielder with the full back.

"It is difficult playing back to the goal. It was impossible to create chances and circulate the ball because always we gave them time to shuffle and shuffle and shuffle. When we wanted to take a risk, lose the ball. I think it was good that we were frustrated but second half we reacted very well.

"We move some pieces and change the position and we were much better and started to create a real problem for Sheffield United to identify the different positions.

"We are talking about football in my worst day because of my throat. I hope that when it is good, you can ask a question about football like this."