Chelsea remain lower down the Premier League table than they would like as their troubles continued at Fulham on Thursday evening. The Blues suffered their first defeat against their London rivals in 17 years as the pressure mounts on to Graham Potter.
Denis Zakaria became the latest player to be sidelined through injury after picking up a thigh problem in the second half of their 2-1 defeat against Marco Silva's side. New signing Joao Felix was sent off on his debut after a promising start and will now miss the next three matches - returning for the clash against West Ham in February.
Potter must now look to lift his players ahead of their match against Crystal Palace on Sunday despite having won just once in their last eight games. Patrick Vieira's side come into the contest at Stamford Bridge on the back of two straight home defeats, including a 4-0 drubbing to Tottenham last week.
