Analysis: Chelsea's costly mistakes keep coming
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Costly mistakes and red cards make up the story for Chelsea at the moment.
Midfielder Andrey Santos was the prime culprit, as Trevoh Chalobah paid for trying and failing to clean up his team-mate's error.
The Brazilian midfielder is inexperienced, and that's the risk Chelsea are taking carrying the youngest squad in the Premier League.
Regardless, head coach Enzo Maresca will need to help his team cut out the mistakes and the ill-discipline, and improve results after just one win in five in all competitions.
That solitary win was an unconvincing 2-1 victory at League One side Lincoln City in the Carabao Cup.
That match aside, Chelsea gave away a last-minute equaliser through poor marking at Brentford. At Bayern Munich, the Blues played well but gave away cheap goals against an experienced Champions League side. In the past two league matches, against Manchester United and Brighton, sending offs have cost them.
The issues at Stamford Bridge are worsened by a selection crisis, with Maresca now without his four favoured centre-backs, as well as star attacker Cole Palmer for the next match against champions Liverpool.
Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo and Levi Colwill are all injured until after the international break and Chalobah is now suspended.