Eden Hazard has delivered a damning assessment of Chelsea's tactics in the defeat by Manchester City, saying: 'We could have played on for three hours and I wouldn't have touched the ball!'
Manager Antonio Conte played Hazard as a false No 9 at the Etihad and left target men Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud on the bench until late in the game.
But Chelsea's negative tactics backfired as they failed to muster a single shot on target and a frustrated Hazard was isolated against Nicolas Otamendi and Aymeric Laporte as they suffered a 1-0 defeat.