Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is confident he is not going to repeat Ron Atkinson’s Mr Bean-esque gaffe of standing within the mistaken dugout on his return to Tottenham.
‘Big Ron’ unwittingly supplied leisure on the City Ground in 1999 when he mistakenly took his place in entrance of the away workforce’s bench in his first match since being appointed Nottingham Forest supervisor.
Pochettino was requested about that well-known blunder forward of going again to Spurs on Monday night however initially confused veteran boss Atkinson with near-namesake Rowan Atkinson, creator of comedy character Mr Bean.
Following the temporary misunderstanding, the Argentinian, who managed Tottenham between 2014 and 2019, insisted he is not going to make the same error as he helped design the structure of his former membership’s stadium.
“Ah, Mr Bean? Ron Atkinson is the actor?”, Pochettino replied to the unique query, earlier than the mix-up was defined.
“Ah, OK, OK – I used to be pondering the actor. My spouse will kill me! She will say, ‘I told you, remember that is the name’.
“No (I cannot make the identical mistake). I do know very properly the away dugout. I do know very properly as a result of I designed the place it was, I used to be there with the architect.
“On the right is the local (home) and the away is on the left.”
Pochettino is making ready for a special day on his first reunion with Tottenham since being sacked 4 years in the past.
He holds fond recollections of his spell with the north London membership, which included reaching the Champions League remaining simply months earlier than his dismissal.
Despite being determined for victory, the 51-year-old rejected any notion of in search of revenge in response to the character of his departure.
Mid-table Chelsea are in nice want of factors to kickstart their season following simply three Premier League wins from 10 video games, whereas unbeaten Tottenham are among the many early pacesetters.
“I want to win,” mentioned Pochettino, who arrived at Stamford Bridge in the summertime. “I would like to beat them.
“But once I play with my youngsters, I would like to beat them, or my dad, or my brothers, or my pals – I strive to kill them!
“I would like to win as a result of we’re aggressive, I’m aggressive.
“It’s not a particular factor. I don’t need to go there and (folks) suppose it’s a revenge. For what?
“For me, it’s going to be necessary as a result of we want to win, Chelsea want to win as a result of we want the factors.
“But not because it’s special because it’s against Tottenham.”
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