Axel Disasi calls on Chelsea strikers to be ‘killers’ as struggles continue

Mauricio Pochettino’s tricky start as Chelsea manager continued on Sunday (Picture: Getty Images)

Axel Disasi has called on his Chelsea teammates to be ‘killers’ after a frustrating goalless draw with Bournemouth on Sunday continued their disappointing start to the season.

The Blues have picked up just five points from their opening five league games under Mauricio Pochettino as the much-changed team struggles to fire.

They have created chances in the recent defeat to Nottingham Forest and draw with the Cherries, but have not been finishing them off, failing to score in either of their last two games.

Disasi, who has already scored for his new team since arriving from Monaco over the summer, wants his teammates to be more ruthless in front of goal, believing performances have been good up until the final killing blow.

‘We have to keep going in this way but be more killers in the opponents’ box,’ said Disasi. ‘We created many chances so we have to keep doing this but we have to kill the opponent.

‘When we see the game [again], I think we [will realise we] deserved to win. We didn’t score so the feeling is a little bit sad. That’s football. We have to keep going because I think we are performing on the pitch but just have to kill the opportunities when we have them.’

Thiago Silva and Axel Disasi helped keep a clean sheet but Chelsea’s forwards misfired (Picture: Getty Images)

Disasi is confident that Chelsea will improve given time, as they try to blend together a huge amount of new arrivals while also dealing with a string of injuries to first team players.

‘It is my first year here and I feel better and know my teammates more game-by-game,’ said the 25-year-old.

‘The team is very young but we have a lot of quality. In the future, it will be good and I will be more comfortable on the pitch with my team-mates. I am doing my best to help the team. I think the future will be good.’

Pochettino bemoaned the injury problems he is dealing with at Chelsea, but vowed to remain positive and strive for better results.

‘We have had bad luck. We had 12 injured today, plus Noni [Madueke], [Marc] Cucurella and [Moises] Caicedo. Then we have three-four young guys and two keepers on the bench,’ he said.

‘Okay, am I going to cry, am I going to complain? I need to accept this, the challenge and keep being positive. Of course Bournemouth is a good team and is going to compete.

‘Every team is going to compete and be difficult. Fair or not fair that is the circumstance we need to accept and we need to be positive, patient.’

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