As most of Chelsea’s players sheepishly made their way down the tunnel and a small handful of home supporters jeered at the end of Graham Potter’s first game in charge, Raheem Sterling lingered for a second on his seat in the dugout.
The £47.5m summer signing’s frowning face summed up the position Chelsea’s expensively-assembled squad currently find themselves in.
Potter does not have a spell that can instantaneously fix a misfiring attack and sloppy defence overnight, with familiar flaws throughout last night’s performance laying bare the work required to bring performances up to scratch.
