Disjointed Chelsea suffered a shock defeat to Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb on the opening night of their Champions League campaign as Mislav Orsic's first-half strike was enough to earn a 1-0 victory
Thomas Tuchel's side were caught napping in 13th minute as Orsic ran from his own half, latching onto a ball from strike partner Bruno Petkovic, to outpace £70m signing Wesley Fofana before dinking the ball beyond Kepa Arrizabalaga
The hosts soaked up untold Chelsea pressure before stealing the lead, but held onto their advantage admirably, staving off a belated onslaught as chances for Kai Havertz and Hakim Ziyech went begging
Chelsea went closest via new signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, on his Blues debut, who had the ball in the back of the net shortly after the interval only for the effort to be chalked off
Ben Chilwell had edged marginally offside from Mateo Kovacic's diagonal pass, leaving his low ball across for Aubameyang's tap-in to count for nothing
A late flurry, where Reece James crashed an effort against the upright, equally did nothing to affect the scoreline, leaving listless Chelsea to slump to their third defeat in their last five games - it also marks the first time they have lost three consecutive away ties under Tuchel
Croatia forward Orsic's early breakaway goal "surprisingly" proved enough for Dinamo to topple a languishing Chelsea side, who looked a far cry from the team who hoisted the Champions League trophy aloft only two short seasons ago
New striker Aubameyang was tentative on his Blues bow - sporting a face mask to protect his broken jaw - while support cast Raheem Sterling and Havertz were similarly lacklustre
The new Stamford Bridge hierarchy may well have splashed a Premier League-record £273m in the summer transfer window, but this fragmented team remains somewhat of an experiment
Tuchel, booked for remonstrating on the sidelines, attempted to switch formations multiple times in the second period in order to divert the course of the game, but appeared to be out of sync with his players
Following Aubameyang's disallowed equaliser, it was actually Stefan Ristovski who went closest to doubling Zagreb's lead with a thumping shot that required intervention from Kepa, tipping onto the crossbar
Armando Broja, Aubameyang's 59th-minute replacement, showed glimpses of promise but lacked sharpness when James' endeavour down the right fashioned a wicked cross that almost implored a connection, which never arrived
Chelsea have conceded at least once in each of their last six games across all competitions, their joint-longest run without a clean sheet since Tuchel took charge in January 2021
"I'm angry on myself
 I'm angry on our performance
 It's not aggressive enough on the ball, it's not enough individually or enough as a team
"Not a lot [of players are playing at the top of their game]
 It's obvious that we're underperforming
 It's a lack of determination
 A lack of hunger and intensity
 You cannot expect to win games
 We are clearly nowhere near where we want to be
"I just know that I need time to digest it and find solutions
 It's a story of the last games - we start okay
 But then we lack precision
 We lack the smell of blood
"It's clearly my job to analyse it
 Clearly we need to be much better
 We are not happy with our results
 We are not happy with our performances
 I'm a bit surprised by this performance today
"I didn't see it coming
 Obviously I was in the wrong movie
 I thought that the last game helped us, we showed a reaction against West Ham
 Had good training sessions
 I thought the team were prepared
"I didn't see it coming that's why I know I'm angry on myself
 There is no day off in the next days, don't worry
 There cannot be a day off at the moment
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45pmNovember 2:  (H) - kick-off 8pm are back in Premier League action next as they face west London rivals  at Craven Cottage on Saturday in a 12
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