Graham Potter’s Chelsea team are suffering from the same issue as his previous Brighton side: nobody can finish their chances.
That is according to pundit and former Blues player Jason Cundy, who described watching his old club as “frustrating” following Wednesday night’s narrow Champions League defeat at Borussia Dortmund.
Chelsea created several chances to score but saw Joao Felix in particular waste opportunities before Karim Adeyemi’s second-half winner.
“If we play the same [in the second leg] and we don’t score we’re out,” Cundy told talkSPORT. “Simple as that and football will never change. It’s so frustrating to play as well as we did.
“I think this is like watching Potter’s Brighton. [The] chances they create, play well and don’t put the ball in the back of the net. Honestly, it’s so frustrating. The frustration of watching Chelsea play tonight.
“I don’t care how much money we spend, spend more! We need a striker and you need someone that can put the ball in the back of the net.”
Potter led Brighton to ninth in the Premier League last season yet only four teams scored fewer goals, while Chelsea rank 13th in the table this season for goals scored.
Despite the defeat, Blues boss Potter insisted he was happy with many aspects of his side’s performance and rued a lack of “luck” and “execution” in front of goal.
“Overall, we were pleased with the performance for big parts of the game,” he told reporters.
“It is complicated away from home in the Champions League, in a hostile environment against a team that's in a good moment. It was an even first half, we managed the game quite well with good opportunities to counter-attack and we hit the bar.
“Then in the second half apart from the one decisive action where we didn't do well enough, we were the dominant, the better team and created some good chances.
“We needed a little bit of luck maybe and a little bit of final execution. We deserved a goal but have to keep going. It's half-time. It's a tight tie. We look forward to Stamford Bridge.”
