Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur - 5 Talking Points

#5 Chelsea suffer casualty in another silly transfer merry-go-round?

Higuain has scored just twice for Chelsea until now

It is too early to dissect Gonzalo Higuain's loan switch to Chelsea and brand him among the several misfits that donned the number nine jersey at Stamford Bridge. However, it is hard to not overlook the fact that he has not hit the ground running like the others, who earned subsequent moves to clubs as soon as Higuain secured his switch to west London.

Krzysztof Piatek has been in red-hot form after replacing Higuain at Milan and has successfully carried his goal-scoring boots from Genoa to the capital after netting six times in all competitions since joining the Italian giants.

Although not as prolific as the Polish marksman, even Alvaro Morata, who was the other player involved in the transfer merry-go-round in January, has settled in quite well under Diego Simeone after joining Atletico Madrid on loan.

The Spaniard provide the assist for the only goal of the game during the win over Rayo Vallecano in La Liga and backed it up with a goal against Villarreal on Sunday. Morata has earned the trust of Simeone and has eight shots, 10 successful dribbles and 21 aeria duels won in his first four league appearances for Atletico Madrid.

The odds are stacked against Higuain at the moment and at least some people would feel there is a similarity in how things have worked out for the aforementioned trio in comparison to Chelsea's January transfer merry-go-round last season that involved three strikers joining three clubs.

Olivier Giroud to Chelsea was sanctioned after the Blues allowed Michy Batshuayi to join Borussia Dortmund so that the German club could let Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang make the switch to north London with Arsenal. And although Giroud went on to lift the FA Cup with Chelsea last season, we all know which team failed to get the desired output from the deal.