If only there was an accountancy trick that could mask Chelsea’s awful numbers in front of goal. Somehow, despite spending £1bn on transfers since last year’s takeover by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, the Premier League’s strangest club are still coming up short during home games against opponents who refuse to make it easy for them to create chances.
Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Frank Lampard will all be familiar with the problems confronting Mauricio Pochettino. None of the Argentinian’s predecessors were able to solve the mystery of Chelsea’s struggles on home soil and Pochettino, who was outthought by Steve Cooper, looked short of answers as his new side fell to a deserved defeat to Nottingham Forest. Chelsea, who have four points from their first four games, could not complain after falling to a solitary goal from Anthony Elanga.
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