Mauricio Pochettino responds to whether Malo Gusto should have been sent off

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has said that he is happy with the referee's decision on Malo Gusto against Fulham.

The Frenchman made a rash tackle which warranted a sending off, but the VAR went with the decision on Anthony Taylor.

Speaking after the game, Fulham boss Marco Silva was furious with the referee, but Pochettino was happy with the outcome.

The Argentine highlighted that he did not complain about Gusto's red card versus Aston Villa and today's decision was a yellow.

He said: "Yellow card, because yellow card. Against Aston Villa was a red card, I didn't complain. Today was yellow."

Chelsea made it three wins on the bounce after the slender 1-0 win versus Fulham, but they should have won by a bigger margin.

They had a nervous ending with the Cottagers dominated the proceedings and chances on goal, but held on for another must-needed win.

Despite the victory, the club are still nine points behind the top four and have much work to do in order to close the deficit in the coming months.