Happily for Chelsea, Christopher Nkunku is rather more au fait with the back of the net, in Europe in particular. With his 11th goal of a frustrating season, the French striker continued his perfect record of scoring in all six Conference League games this term, not to mention the Blues’s 100 per cent start to their group stage campaign.

Heidenheim 0 Chelsea 2 How much is Christopher Nkunku worth? A 27-year-old France international, he cost Chelsea £52 million when he joined the club last summer. Most would probably agree that he is still worth the same sort of money now.

Enzo Maresca says striker Christopher Nkunku is a big part of his plans at Chelsea and is not going to be sold in January. Nkunku’s future at Stamford Bridge has come into question of late with a source close to the player telling The Athletic last week that the forward is not too happy with how things are going right now.