Chelsea record their lowest expected goals total in FIVE YEARS in nightmare Cup loss to Man City

Chelsea's toothless display in the FA Cup defeat by Manchester City was laid bare by their dreadful xG stat.

Graham Potter's side registered just 0.09 xG against Manchester City, their lowest total in the last five seasons across all competitions

The Expected Goals (xG) – a way of measuring how good the chances a team had were – says that Chelsea had 0.09 to Manchester City's 2.82.

The xG is calculated by a number of factors including: type of assist, whether it was a shot taken with the head or foot, the angle and distance of the shot, and whether it was a big chance.

That means Chelsea would have had to play more than 10 games to create enough to be worth a goal.

Alan Shearer launched a scathing assessment of Chelsea's first-half performance against Manchester City in Sunday's FA Cup third round clash - taking aim at their toothless attack in particular.

'From a Chelsea point of view, that is not acceptable that performance,' the former Newcastle legend said. 'I said they needed some energy, character, all of those things.

'I don't care how many injuries you've got in your team, you can still go out and put a shift in. They haven't and it's embarrassing from their point of view.

'Going forward its been so bad. They’ve been nothing short of pathetic in forward positions. Where’s the movement? They’ve had nothing up front at all. Everything has been sideways or even backwards.

'They’ve got to give the fans something now, show they care about this football club, because that 45 minutes was not acceptable.'

Both sides had made a number of changes - with Chelsea handing a debut to young centre-back Bashir Humphreys as one of six new faces after facing the same opposition three days previously.

But with pressure growing on Potter following a run of poor results, his side were unable to put in a strong enough performance to allow to sit any more comfortable in the dugout.