New Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has overseen a major rebuild at Stamford Bridge this summer, but both Raheem Sterling and Ashley Cole have pinpointed the biggest issue facing the Blues this season.
Raheem Sterling has admitted Chelsea’s lack of ruthlessness cost them dearly in their 3-1 loss to West Ham, while former star Ashley Cole has questioned where the goals are going to come from this season.
Chelsea have undergone a major rebuild this summer under new boss Mauricio Pochettino, with the likes of Mason Mount, Kai Havertz and N’Golo Kante leading a mass exodus that has seen 13 senior players depart Stamford Bridge.
More than £350m has been spent this summer on Moises Caicedo, Romeo Lavia, Christopher Nkunku, Axel Disasi, Nicolas Jackson, Robert Sanchez and Lesley Ugochukwu, adding to the £600m+ Chelsea spent on new players last season.
However, the Blues’ biggest problem as they endured their worst ever Premier League campaign was a lack of goals, with Havertz and Sterling their joint top scorer with nine strikes across all competitions.
Jackson and Nkunku have been signed to try and rectify the issue, but Nkunku has been sidelined with a serious knee injury while Jackson had less than 50 top-flight games under his belt before joining Chelsea.
And they failed to take their chances against West Ham, losing the game 3-1 despite having 17 shots, 76 per cent possession and a man advantage after Nayef Aguerd was sent off. Reflecting on the loss, Sterling told Sky Sports: “It is a difficult one to take, the chances we created and dominating at an away ground.
They took their chances and they deserve it in the end. Dominating a game at a ground like West Ham’s you have got to take your chances, this is the Premier League and it will come back to haunt you. When that second goal went in it was a downer, as we have not taken our chances and they took theirs
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