In the past 15 years, Chelsea No.9s have scored a combined 36 league goals (Picture: Getty)Only Crespo and Morata hit double figures for Premier League goals while wearing the No.9 shirt, scoring 10 and 11 goals respectively. Incredibly, in the last 15 years, Chelsea’s number nines have scored just 36 Premier League goals combined. How Chelsea's No.9s have fared in the Premier League 2004/05 – Mateja Kezman – 4 goals2005/06 – Hernan Crespo – 10 goals2006/07 – Khalid Boulahrouz (DEF) – 0 goals2007/08 – Steve Sidwell (MID) – 0 goals2008/09 – Franco Di Santo – 0 goals2009/10 – n/a2010/11 – Fernando Torres – 1 goal2011/12 – Fernando Torres – 6 goals2012/13 – Fernando Torres – 8 goals2013/14 – Fernando Torres – 5 goals2014/15 – n/a2015/16 – Radamel Falcao – 1 goal2016/17 – n/a2017/18 – Alvaro Morata – 11 goals2018/19 – Gonzalo Higuain? But Higuain – who has always worn the number nine shirt since leaving Real Madrid, where he was No.20 (currently worn by Callum Hudson-Odoi) – is unlikely to pay any attention to the Chelsea curse. In fact, he welcomed the challenge of wearing the No.9 shirt at the San Siro despite a host of AC Milan strikers flopping in it.

Source: Metro January 17, 2019 12:02 UTC