Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores says his side cannot blame their lack of goals on the absence of Troy Deeney.
The striker has been out of action since August after undergoing surgery on a knee problem that had been causing him to play through the pain barrier.
In their captain’s absence, Watford have struggled for goals and they have found the net just once in their last five games ahead of Saturday's’s match with Chelsea.
But Flores said: “I love Deeney, you all know that, and we know how he can help the team, but right now he is not the solution.
“He has a lot of character and represents well the values of the club: be organised, be brave, be compact and solid.
“This is the character we want. He is representing the club very well with these values.
“We need to talk about the solutions as these players are not ready right now. We need to be focused on the solutions [in attack], with [Gerard] Deulofeu, with Andre Gray, with [Roberto] Pereyra.”
As well as Deeney, Ismaila Sarr, Danny Welbeck, Tom Cleverley and Domingos Quina are all out of tomorrow’s match, but Isaac Success and Etienne Capoue could return
