Chelsea’s injury CRISIS: Christian Pulisic and Raheem Sterling take out TEN players

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

Both Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic were injured Thursday evening and headed to a busy physio room at Stamford Bridge.

In addition to the two wingers, eight other players are currently sidelined, leaving a pressured Potter shy of first choice.

American winger Christian Pulisic (left) followed Sterling soon after

Graham Potter lamented Chelsea’s injury crunch after key midfielder Mason Mount (pictured) was ruled out of their crucial Premier League clash with Manchester City on Thursday night

Sterling was taken off the field five minutes later after picking up a problem on his first entry into the game.

After twenty-two minutes, Pulisic, after contact with his knee after a cross shot, quickly came to him.

For Potter, he’s left to complain about scorching luck, adding to his misery of not getting results.

“Raheem, first play in the game. So it was a weird one, a rear wheel,” Potter said after the 1-0 defeat to Man City.

And then of course Christian is under full fire and it’s a cross or a shot and it’s contact with his knee. Fingers crossed that it’s not too bad.’

Chelsea suffered a blow ahead of the match when Mason Mount was punched in training meaning he was unable to play.

“Mason also got a kick yesterday, but we are hopeful for the weekend. It’s just one of those things right now. I’ve never experienced anything like it.

“Of course I wouldn’t want to experience it here ideally, but it is what it is and I just have to keep going.”

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 team and be able to compete.

Influential defender Reece James (right) hobbled away on his return from injury on Dec. 27

“You know the demands of our supporters, who I thought were fantastic today, really supportive and behind the team in a great way, but it’s 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.

The pressure on Potter is now mounting after 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 analyze that in terms of points in the number of games then it’s hard for me to argue with it.

‘Of course there are factors that you have to take into account. The Premier League margins are: 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 against Manchester United and a draw away against Brighton. Brentford and Nottingham Forest.

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