Chelsea's injury CRISIS: Christian Pulisic and Raheem Sterling make it TEN players out

Things are going from bad to worse at Chelsea with two more injuries in defeat to Manchester City meaning Graham Potter is without 10 first team stars.

Both Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic were forced off injured on Thursday night, joining a busy physio room at Stamford Bridge.

As well as the two wingers, eight other players are currently sidelined, leaving an under pressure Potter shy of first-choice options.

Sterling was taken off five minutes in after picking up an issue in his first involvement of the game.

Twenty-two minutes in and Pulisic, after contact on his knee following a cross-shot, was soon joining him.

For Potter, he has been left to bemoan torrid luck which is adding to his woes of not getting results.

'Raheem, first action in the game. So it was a strange one, a backheel,' Potter said after the 1-0 loss to Man City.

'And then obviously Christian is full pelt and it's a cross or a shot and it is contact with his knee. Fingers crossed it is not too bad.'

Chelsea were handed a blow in the lead-up to the game with Mason Mount picking up a knock in training, meaning he could not feature.

'Mason got a kick yesterday as well but we are hopeful for the weekend. It is just one of those things at the moment. I've never experienced anything like it.

'Obviously I wouldn't like to experience it ideally here but it is what it is and I'll just have to carry on.'

He added: 'The expectation is where it is so you want to be here and have all your players available and have a fully fit squad and be able to compete.

'You know the demands of our supporters, who I thought were fantastic today, really supportive and got behind the team in a great way but it is frustrating for everyone at the moment.'

Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, defenders Reece James, Wesley Fofana and Ben Chilwell as well as N'Golo Kante, Mount, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Armando Broja are also currently out.

Pressure is building on Potter now following the latest home defeat.

Since October 16 Potter, who took over from Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea, has taken just six points from 24.

'No [it's not good enough for Chelsea] if you just analyse that in terms of points in the amount of games then it's hard for me to argue against it.

'Obviously there are factors you have to consider. The margins of the Premier League are, that's a narrow defeat to Manchester City a 1-0 defeat to Newcastle with nine injuries, a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, a bad day against Brighton, a draw with Manchester United and a draw away with Brentford and Nottingham Forest.

'Points wise, no, hard to argue, margins and the situations I'd say it's more about how we play and I think in terms of analysing how you can improve we took a step forward today in terms of our performance.'