Chelsea showed a dominant display when they drove to a 4-0 win over Southampton on the Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.
The team of Enzo Maresca controlled the game from the start to finish with goals by Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto, Levi Colwill and Marc Cucurella.
The game began to enjoy Chelsea early on possession of possessions when they tried to reduce Southampton’s defensive setup.
Despite some promising moments for visitors, including an effort by Paul Onuachu, who was treated comfortably with Byfilip Jorgensen, it was the blues that looked all the more threatening.
The breakthrough arrived in the 24th minute when Enzo Fernandez ‘corner from Tosisin Adarabioyo arrived and found Nkunku on the back post. The Frenchman made no mistake and nodded home to make it 1-0.
Chelsea’s attack was continued, and only 12 minutes later Nkunku became a provider. He climbed through the midfield before laying a perfectly weighted pass to Neto, who at the near post was a violent shot to Aaron Ramsdale to double the lead.
When half -time approached, Southampton tried to deal with Chelsea’s liquid attack movements. Her defenders were further unmasked in the 43rd minute when Neto whipped in a dangerous free kick that Levi Colwill hit with a thundering header to take Chelsea 3-0 before the break.
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Southampton, who had made only 0.21 destinations (XG) in the first half, looked out of the ideas and overwhelmed by Chelsea’s intensity.
Despite the comfortable advantage, Chelsea showed no signs of complacency after the restart. Nkunku, Palmer and Fernandez have the lead within the first minutes of the second half, but Ramsdale produced a number of excellent parades to prevent the goal line from becoming even more embarrassing.
The Southampton Manager Ivan Juric made a number of substitutions to bring energy to its side and hired Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ryan Manning and Tyler Dibling.
However, the saints trouble to create meaningful opportunities and not to register a single shot on the finish in the second half.
Chelsea has now continued to dominate property and examination according to openings. The fourth goal finally came in the 78th minute when a Southampton corner was poorly carried out, so that Chelsea was opposed.
Malo Gusto got down into the right flank and found Tyrique George in the box, which cleverly moved out on Cucurella. The Spanish full -back showed serenity and pushed the ball onto his left foot before he slapped it into the lower corner to complete the Rout.
Cole Palmer, who was consistently influential, was unhappy not to get into the goalscores. His curling free kick in the stop time was saved by Ramsdale brilliantly and picked up a frustrating evening in front of the goal for the young striker.
