helsea’s strikers have been instructed to up their recreation by Ben Chilwell after the defeat to Nottingham Forest.
Mauricio Pochettino’s facet suffered the shock 1-0 loss on Saturday regardless of dominating the statistics, with 76 per cent of possession and 21 pictures on purpose to Forest’s seven.
Yet it was Anthony Elanga who proved the matchwinner as Chelsea ahead Nicolas Jackson got here in for specific criticism, together with a number of of his teammates.
“We are moving in the right direction,” Chilwell assured followers. “Every game we have controlled possession and the majority of matches we have played well.
“We need to finish chances, be more ruthless and stay composed to get back into games.
“That's the final bit, finishing our chances. If you look at the stats we dominated the game, had the possession, but the most important stat is the goals.
“We lost in that department and lost the game, that is the black and white of it.”
Chilwell has been moved to left wing in a 4-2-3-1 formation of late, in a ploy by Pochettino that has failed to enhance their type.
No Chelsea participant fired off extra pictures than Jackson’s 4 on Saturday, a quantity matched by Enzo Fernandez with three for Raheem Sterling and two for Chilwell.
Pochettino was keen to divert criticism away from Jackson after the match, with the 22-year-old seemingly solely beginning up high so early in his Stamford Bridge profession on account of Christopher Nkunku’s harm.
He mentioned: “I think in the future we will be talking differently. He needs time to adapt to the Premier League. He is doing a fantastic job but scoring is not easy.
“He is a little bit rushed in his decisions. He needs to be a little bit more calm and relaxed and for sure he is going to score goals.”
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