Gabon forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was left out of the Chelsea squad as they took on Manchester City in the FA Cup this weekend.

The Blues were resoundingly beaten by the Citizens away from home on Sunday, a few days after losing to them in the Premier League at home.

Aubameyang, who came off the bench and then got substituted in the league game, was entirely absent from the Chelsea squad for the FA Cup clash.

Per The Mirror, Chelsea coach Graham Potter did eventually reveal that Auba had a back injury that caused him to miss the game.

However, ex-Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock says that Chelsea would be better off without Aubameyang, given how much he has struggled this season.

“I just think with him sometimes, you get players like that and you are better off without them. They're short of strikers but it's one of those things. Young manager, he's not been in the game all that long Graham," Warnock told talkSPORT.

"People like him, I mean they are after themselves really, they look after themselves as players and they'll throw the manager under the bus rather than take any blame. It's one of them things, he just has to get on with him and deal with it.

“It's similar to what's happened with Ronaldo at Man United. I said in pre-season they should let him go quickly because he's going to upset everything else. That's no disrespect to how he was as a player, it's just personality wise.

"I don't think he'll (Aubameyang) ever change; you know from Arsenal to Chelsea, now he looks the same type of player. On his day, as good as you'll see, but his days are few and far between."