Madueke identifies Blues’ ‘Achilles heel’ after performance piles more pressure

NONI MADUEKE believes Chelsea suffer from huge hangovers and it is hampering their masterplan to break back into the Premier League elite.

The winger scored a cracking goal at Sheffield United but finished the game a frustrated figure from a 2-2 draw.

Madueke has developed a theory that Chelsea experience massive comedowns after big results - Sunday’s late collapse at Bramall Lane came three days after an epic 4-3 win over Manchester United.

The England Under-21 player said: “Our Achilles heel this season has been cashing in after a big win. We had an amazing result the other day and needed to keep rolling.

“The way we drop points sometimes, it's in the palm of our hands.

“I don’t know what to say other than there are still games to go and we have to go again and stick together.”

The wobbly performance prompted fed-up boss Mauricio Pochettino to claim his young team is “not mature enough to compete every few days”.

Madueke, 22, added: “We still have faith we can finish in the places we want to finish in. But we have to cut that [dropping points] out sooner rather than later.’

‘This was always going to be a difficult game, a different game to Manchester United at home.

“However, I feel like it’s a game we should’ve won and until the end, it looked like we would. But we couldn’t quite get over the line which is disappointing for sure.

“It’s the fashion in which we drew the game. Credit to them, they are at the bottom and they are fighting, but we really should’ve wrapped up the points.

“It is not about killing each other, we have to stick together. There are eight games left, that’s 24 points up for grabs and our mentality has to be to get as many of them as possible, if not all of them.”

They have a point. This is Chelsea’s first