Chelsea’s troubles are compounded by the suspensions of Raheem Sterling and Cole Palmer.
The Blues lost 2-1 at Molineux thanks to goals from Mario Lemina and Matt Doherty; Christopher Nkunku’s Premier League debut header was the only bright spot on the day. It was another day to forget.
With Palmer and Nicolas Jackson to his right and an open goal in front of them, Sterling ran through on goal, but his feeble shot straight to Jose Sa. If Chelsea had taken more of their many opportunities, the outcome so easily could have been different.
Malo Gusto, Conor Gallagher, Jackson, and Sterling all received yellow cards during the loss; as a result, the England players will be unable to play against Palace in the Premier League on Wednesday due to their bookings.
For Mauricio Pochettino, who is currently juggling a lengthy list of injuries in addition to his issues with consistency and form, it will not make things any easier.
It is likely that Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella, Ben Chilwell, Robert Sanchez, Enzo Fernandez, Trevoh Chalobah, and Carney Chukwuemeka will miss next week’s game as well as the one against Wolves.
Despite spending the summer on the bench at Molineux, Romeo Lavia, who joined from Southampton, is almost ready to make his Chelsea debut.
Pochettino stated that Chelsea’s recent loss is entirely their own fault due to their poor defense and missed opportunities.
We committed errors. We must take responsibility for our actions. We didn’t win because of this. Pochettino stated, “We had the opportunity to score.” “Our own enemies are us.” We lost the game today.
Since we feel like we should have gotten considerably more, we are really upset. When you are not clinical enough, this competition hurts you. Chances that we created. That explains why it is so depressing. It was quite tough for us to give up after a few bends.