Chelsea’s No.9 curse hits new lows with Blues having ten fewer goals than Brentford and Fulham CFC
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Their expected goals , which measures how many times the ball should be in the back of the net given the quality of chances created, is 20.59.In their last five games, the Blues have only managed 12 shots on target.Chelsea’s £300m bill in attack doesn’t even include the £58m spent on Pulisic before 2020
So if not bad luck or an unwillingness to spend money, what is the problem? Simple: a cursed No.9 shirt. After Romelu Lukaku’s struggles last season, Chelsea’s famous poisoned chalice of a jersey is the only explanation – and it has reached new lows with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The former Arsenal striker, who arrived at Stamford Bridge from Barcelona for £10million in the summer, has three goals for the Blues.In the 1-0 defeat to City, the 33-year-old suffered the ignominy of getting subbed on and off in the same match, after an hour of looking truly lost.
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