5 most hilarious individual mistakes in the Premier League this season

#5 Tiemoue Bakayoko vs. Watford

When Watford played Chelsea in early February, a total capitulation from the Blues leading to a 4-1 defeat was one of the last things everyone expected.

But despite most of Chelsea’s side looking poor, the one name on everyone’s lips was French midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko – an expensive summer signing who has yet to justify his price tag.

In one of the most dreadful individual performances in recent memory, Bakayoko seemingly forgot that he had the ability to control the ball at all.

In 30 horrifying minutes, he lost possession on multiple occasions – 7 times in 28 touches in fact – and misplaced 4 of 12 passes too.

To cap it all off, he received two yellow cards in the space of five minutes – both for crude tackles after he’d lost the ball – and left Chelsea with ten men for the majority of the game.

In a Chelsea career simply littered with errors and mistakes thus far, this was easily the worst offence of the French midfielder’s season.

Not only did it trigger a very embarrassing loss for Chelsea, but it also bought into question the competence of manager Antonio Conte for keeping so much faith in Bakayoko despite his multiple issues.