5 things that went wrong for Chelsea this season

#1 Injuries

Pedro is the latest to etch his name on the injury list

Unlike last season, this term Chelsea are facing many injury concerns and still have major players sidelined with the fitness issues. While on international duty with Belgium, Eden Hazard fractured his right ankle and, consequently, was ruled out for three months, because of which he missed the start of the 2017–18 season.

Without their star man, Chelsea suffered a nightmare start to their Premier League title defence, losing 3–2 at home to Burnley.

Chelsea signed Danny Drinkwater this summer but he was also injured and sidelined for about two months. Alvaro Morata suffered a hamstring injury early in the match against Manchester City and was taken off and consequently the Blues ended up losing the match.

They also lost N'Golo Kante with the same injury during the international break, which hampered their momentum.

In the January transfer window, Chelsea signed another Englishman in Ross Barkley, but he was also recovering back from a nasty injury due to which he lost the entire first half of the season. Chelsea currently is without their main striker Morata, who is now again sidelined because of a back injury.

Pedro has now joined the list of their injury concerns and was taken off during the recent match against Watford. Chelsea has dropped points a lot this term, most of which were when they were unable to field their full strength team.