Former Blues striker Tony Cascarino took aim at Timo Werner and Kai Havertz and says Chelsea were “playing with nine men” against Everton.

Cascarino watched his old side suffer a blow to their title aspirations as they lost 1-0 at Everton on Saturday.

He told talkSPORT: “Timo Werner is struggling and hasn’t scored in six now.

“I saw him against Rennes and I thought he was really poor.

“Look, he is devastatingly quick and he has got a [good] goal record, and I expect him to get one at Chelsea.

“Kai Havertz found it really difficult yesterday, he was on the fringe of the game. He is another really talented player.

“At times, it felt like they were playing with nine men. I don’t mean that they weren’t putting any effort in, but they just didn’t make anything happen. With that, Giroud didn’t get any service.”

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