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Under Graham Potter and Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea mostly used a back three. However, this season, Mauricio Pochettino has opted for a back four with Thiago Silva and Axel Disasi being his two main centre-half options. Andy Jacobs, though, has now questioned Pochettino’s decision to use Silva in a four-man defence on talkSPORT. At 39, the Brazilian does not have the pace he once had, so playing a back three makes sense. The two other central defenders in the side can protect him as he sits a bit deeper. But that is not the approach Pochettino has gone with this term, though. Andy Jacobs slams Maur…

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