Madueke coolly converted a penalty two minutes from time to make it four wins on the spin at home in all competitions. We had gone ahead early through a fine team goal, finished off by Mykhailo Mudryk, but had to settle for 1-1 at the break after Michael Olise equalised in added time.

Nicolas Jackson thought he had restored our lead only to be denied by VAR, but there was still time for Madueke’s intervention, scoring from a penalty he had earned.

‘I said it was Conor, but I said to Conor if Noni was more confident you can give him the penalty,’ Pochettino explained. ‘You have to be confident in that moment.

‘I am so happy because a player who comes from the bench needs to show this character and this hunger. He showed he was ready to take the opportunity.

‘He played free. He did what we needed in this moment. I liked it because he showed he was disappointed with me because he didn’t play too much.’

Pochettino analysed the game as a whole…

‘When you come from a not nice result, it’s always a difficult moment to play. It was really tough, but I’m pleased with the performance overall.

‘We didn’t start well; we were a little bit nervous and struggled because we were thinking too much about a game we really needed to win.

‘We created chances to score, we scored, but I wasn’t so happy we conceded in the last minute. The second half we started well again, played a bit more, and I’m so happy the players from the bench had such a good impact.

‘We were talking at the end about mentality,’ added Pochettino. ‘Mentality is about preparing yourself, competing in the best way, knowing the Premier League is really tough. That is where we want to be consistent, it’s a big challenge.

‘We are starting to build our run of winning games at Stamford Bridge. The last year or year-and-an-half the results were not so good, so it’s so important to win in front of our fans.’

Christopher Nkunku started his first game and was a handful, especially in the first half

‘He needs to adapt to the team and the Premier League, but he played more than 60 minutes and it was an important step for him.

'There were a few combinations that were very good but we need to repeat these actions. We need him to be more involved but it's normal, it's his first 70 minutes. He needs to play games and he will start to find himself and adapt.'