Chelsea’s limping start to the Premier League campaign continued on Saturday when Nottingham Forest stunned them 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea’s spending on deadline day took their total splashed on new players in just over a year under a consortium fronted by Todd Boehly to over £1 billion ($1.3 billion).
Moises Caicedo’s move from Brighton that could rise to £115 million broke the British transfer record last month.
But the Ecuador international was at fault for the only goal at Stamford Bridge to leave Mauricio Pochettino’s men embarrassed.
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Anthony Elanga slotted home three minutes into the second-half after Caicedo gave the ball away inisde his own half.
New signing Cole Palmer was thrown on to try and turn the game around, but Chelsea’s lack of a natural goalscorer, despite their huge outlay, was again exposed.
Pochettino has won just one of his first four games in charge to leave Chelsea already eight points adrift of City.
