When Raheem Sterling got the ball in Sunday's 1-0 defeat to Arsenal he often had to look up just to check that he really was as alone as it seemed.
As the 27-year-old received the ball to his feet - on the few times that this actually happened - it was the time for Chelsea to attack. They'd somehow managed to get past an Arsenal press and moved into a vaguely promising position. The issue was that either for a lack of confidence, energy or understanding, the rest of the team seemed to leave him to it. Go on Raheem, your turn again.
Sterling's off the ball work was highlighted last week against Brighton, albeit a tactical choice from Graham Potter to play him at wing-back, but it doesn't really add anything to have him defending much anyway. Here is a man with over 100 league goals from the wing, up against Gabriel Martinelli. It should be the other way round, he might think.
