Chelsea player ratings vs Nottingham Forest: Cole Palmer and Marc Cucurella produce shameful showings as abysmal Blues embarrassed yet again to end top-five hopes

Robert Sanchez (5/10):

Couldn't do much about any of the Forest goals, and showed decent handling otherwise. Forced off with a head injury midway through the second half.

Malo Gusto (3/10):

Stupidly pulled back Awoniyi to give away the penalty. Carried the ball over the halfway line with regularity, but then didn't do much with it from there until his cross led to Pedro's consolation.

Trevoh Chalobah (4/10):

Lost Awoniyi for both of the Forest striker's goals. Made a couple of decent challenges but otherwise far from his best.

Tosin Adarabioyo (4/10):

Made to look cumbersome by the intelligent movement of Jesus and slowed things down when in possession. Replaced by Colwill at the break.

Marc Cucurella (2/10):

A dreadful day at the office. Left in the dust by Bakwa as the winger first created Awoniyi's opener and then provided the cross that led to the Forest penalty. Chelsea's left-back looked flustered from there on, and routinely shanked the ball out of play.

Romeo Lavia (4/10):

Too often Forest got in behind the Chelsea midfield in large part due to Lavia's lack of positional discipline, while on the ball he didn't offer much. Off before the hour for Santos.

Moises Caicedo (4/10):

Failed to apply much control to the hosts' engine room before losing track of Gibbs-White's run in the build-up to Forest's third.

Enzo Fernandez (5/10):

Unfortunate to see his shot come back off the post at 1-0, but faded badly as the game wore on.

Cole Palmer (2/10):

Woeful penalty summed up his afternoon. Curled one shot narrowly wide but his final product was otherwise dreadful. Whether fitness related or not, he looks a shadow of his former self.

Joao Pedro (4/10):

His usual excellent hold-up play was nowhere to be seen while he was lucky to avoid a booking for a desperate dive in the first half. Moved out to the left after Derry's injury and fared little better until his superbly acrobatic goal gave the home fans that were left inside the ground something to cheer about.

Jesse Derry (5/10):

Showed plenty of confidence on his Premier League debut after being caught out defensively a couple of times early on. So unfortunate to be forced off with what looked to be a serious injury following the penalty incident late in the first half.

Liam Delap (3/10):

On for Derry shortly before half-time but was gobbled up by the Forest defence. Booked for dissent as frustrations boiled over.

Levi Colwill (4/10):

Made his long-awaited first appearance of the season following an ACL injury but looked very rusty.

Andrey Santos (5/10):

On for Lavia but didn't offer anything other than basic passes at the heart of midfield.

Filip Jorgensen (6/10):

Replaced the bloodied Sanchez for the final quarter but never stretched.

Calum McFarlane (3/10):

Understandably stuck predominantly to the players who performed so well in the FA Cup semi-final win last time out, but his team did not look prepared at all for what Forest threw at them. Lack of attacking options on the bench meant game-changing substitutions were unlikely to happen, but showed little in the way of inspiring his team to come back.