Chelsea's lack of creativity could prove costly in Premier League title race

Chelsea's lack of creativity could prove costly in Premier League title race

From Brentford Community Stadium - Romelu Lukaku looked pretty unhappy after being substituted in Chelsea's narrow 1-0 win over Brentford on Saturday.

Ben Chilwell's superb strike on the verge of half-time was all that separated the Blues and the Bees, with Thomas Tuchel's visitors just about escaping with the three points.

But Lukaku failed to score for a fourth successive Premier League game, and more worryingly, the big Belgian barely got a sniff.

The revival of Timo Werner in a supporting role is looking a little promising, but for all of the menace and pace the Germany international brings, his strike partner is still finding himself isolated up top.

Lukaku's frustrations at getting hooked seemed two-fold - obviously no striker wants to be subbed, but Chelsea's game plan set him up to fail as well and that's why he was deemed sub-par. There seemed to be little plan when on the ball and they seemed content to beat Brentford off of it, until the Bees threw the kitchen sink at them late in the game and Edouard Mendy came to the rescue.

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