A familiar Chelsea story
It will largely be forgotten – and rightly overlooked in the post-match analysis – that Chelsea actually started well in Zagreb last night. The attacking trio of Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz and debutant Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dovetailed well and the Blues managed to get behind the Dinamo Zagreb defence on a couple of occasions.
Yet no goal arrived and that has become a frustrating pattern in the early weeks of the campaign. Even more so when considered after Mislav Orsic scampered clear of the Chelsea defence and finished beyond Kepa Arrizabalaga, Tuchel's side offered very little in the way of a genuine attacking threat.
