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Chelsea struggles without a top striker while backup Nketiah hits hat trick for Arsenal

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Eddie Nketiah celebrates after scoring against Sheffield United.[X,Eddie Nketiah]

What Chelsea would do to own a striker as razor-sharp as Eddie Nketiah.

A failure to have an elite, healthy goalscorer following its squad rebuild costing more than $1 billion is really starting to hurt Chelsea, and it hit home in a 2-0 loss to Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday that continued the team's woeful form at Stamford Bridge.

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