Chelsea's season has been far from ideal so far, with the squad languishing in tenth with almost as many losses suffered as they've celebrated victory. While instability from early last year over the ownership situation may have played a part, along with a mismatched squad and new management, injuries suffered to several first team stars has been a huge factor in the tough run of form so far.
Ten first-team players are currently on the treatment table, with some key players missing from a side struggling to reach the heights. "We're looking all the time, going over how it's happening," Graham Potter said on the trend of players facing long-term injury absences.
"Sometimes when you come in through the season it's difficult to know how it's happened. It's a bit of bad luck and also learning for us all how we can improve. The nature [of the injuries], it's not even a pattern, it's different problems. It's tricky. It's not like we’ve been over-training or anything like that. We certainly need to get to the bottom of it though."
