Chelsea see Premier League goal drought ruthlessly mocked by Domino’s as live pizza delivery counter ticks towards 10 million

The Blues’ struggles in the final third this season are well documented, with Mauricio Pochettino’s expensively-assembled squad still lacking an attacking spark. The west London outfit have invested more than £1 billion ($1.2bn) across the last three transfer windows, but have little to show for that outlay.

Chelsea have failed to find the target in English top-flight competition since putting three past newly-promoted Luton Town on August 25. They have gone three Premier League matches without a goal since then, picking up just one point from meetings with Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth and Aston Villa.

Domino’s have now decided to have some fun at the Blues’ expense, having previously estimated that they had sold 852,609 pizzas since Chelsea last hit the net. They have now stated that: “We did the maths - turns out it's worse than we thought.” The American firm have placed a van outside Craven Cottage – where Chelsea are due to face Fulham on Monday – with a live counter of how many deliveries they have completed since Pochettino’s side last found the target.

Chelsea’s efforts to prevent that ticker from going any higher are being hindered by a run of wretched luck on the injury front. They also have £32 million ($39m) summer signing Nicolas Jackson serving a suspension on derby day against Fulham, leaving them alarmingly short on striking options.