CHELSEA reverted to winning ways arsenic they smashed Southampton 4-0 astatine Stamford Bridge.
Goals from Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto, Levi Colwill and Marc Cucurella set the Blues connected their mode to victory.
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It ended a tally of 3 consecutive defeats successful each competitions.
Chelsea had mislaid doubly to Brighton, including erstwhile successful the FA Cup, earlier suffering a precocious decision to Aston Villa connected Saturday.
And triumph came aft fans held a protestation connected the Fulham Road, with banners taking purpose astatine Todd Boehly and BlueCo.
The effect saw Chelsea determination backmost into 4th to support their Champions League imagination alive.
Just 4 points abstracted them from 10th-place Villa.
And Chelsea volition beryllium hoping to physique immoderate momentum successful their adjacent games against Copenhagen and Leicester.
But who was Chelsea’s champion subordinate connected the night?
Was determination idiosyncratic connected the seat who did capable to impressment brag Enzo Maresca?
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And did anyone person a crippled to hide contempt the result?
Here, SunSport’s Lloyd Canfield delivers his Chelsea subordinate ratings against Southampton…
FILIP JORGENSEN – 6
He’s nary Petr Cech oregon Thibaut Courtois, but helium recovered from his Villa Park howler with a cleanable expanse against the Saints.
Fans are inactive not convinced by the Dane, and groans echoed astir the crushed erstwhile helium got the shot astatine his feet – though they were grateful for him erstwhile helium made a cat-like prevention to contradict Onuachu successful the archetypal half.
If you gave them a accidental they’d astir apt instrumentality on-loan Petrovic backmost from Strasbourg, the Serbian stopper has 3 cleanable sheets successful his past 3 – typical.
MALO GUSTO – 6
Put successful a fantastic situation connected Sulemana aboriginal successful the 2nd half, which was symbolic of his aggression connected the close broadside of defence tonight.
Defended good passim the game, but possibly could’ve offered much from an attacking constituent of presumption arsenic Reece James often does.
Chelsea volition beryllium pleased to spot him amended though arsenic 2 performing right-backs successful this broadside is essential.
TOSIN ADARABIOYO – 8
‘Uncle Tosin’ arsenic helium is affectionately known successful the dressing room, was imperious successful the aerial astatine the backmost for the Blues.
He roseate highest to flick the shot connected to Christopher Nkunku arsenic Maresca’s men opened the scoring successful the archetypal half, arsenic good arsenic redeeming Chelsea astatine the backmost aboriginal connected successful the game.
His 2nd fractional showing was arsenic arsenic solid, and helium has been a much than important signing from section rivals Fulham this campaign.
LEVI COLWILL – 9
Marking 6ft 7inch elephantine Paul Onuachu is nary casual feat nary substance however bully you are, but Chelsea’s ain Levi Colwill did that occupation beauteous well.
It was a indispensable assured show from the antheral touted arsenic a aboriginal nine skipper aft a fewer sloppy showings.
He stepped into his challenges brilliantly and scored a almighty header to adhd a 3rd to Chelsea’s tally successful the archetypal half.
MARC CUCURELLA – 9
Chelsea’s pantomime villain has made the inverted fullback relation his ain nether Enzo Maresca, and is 1 of the champion successful the Premier League astatine doing that job.
Intercepted galore Southampton passes into midfield and progresses the Blues truthful good down the left, playing a captious relation successful Chelsea’s 2nd extremity doing precisely that.
Topped disconnected an astir cleanable nighttime with a fantastic decorativeness into the bottommost close country to wholly termination the crippled off.
Gets a bonus constituent for his penguin celebration…
MOISES CAICEDO – 8
A beauteous regular nighttime by his standards, though the standards of a £115m midfielder are beauteous lofty.
The Ecuadorian was combative successful midfield, moving tirelessly to consistently triumph the shot backmost successful Chelsea’s midfield arsenic N’Golo Kante erstwhile did earlier him.
While helium is controlled connected the shot and looks much than comfy with it astatine his feet, it is his off-the-ball enactment which truly sets him isolated from different antiaircraft mids successful this league.
ENZO FERNANDEZ (C) – 8
Probably Chelsea’s astir originative subordinate successful the archetypal half, Enzo played a deeper relation than helium has the past 2 games and was arguably robbed of 2 assists by Cole Palmer.
The Argentine was Chelsea’s midfield metronome, mounting the tempo for his broadside and keeping attacks flowing smoothly throughout.
His lone disapproval would beryllium a inclination to instrumentality 1 excessively galore touches and occasionally dilatory down promising breaks for his side.
JADON SANCHO – 4
A beauteous quiescent showing from him connected the close helping tonight, with Nkunku occupying his accustomed spot connected the left.
Had a fewer flashes of bully footwork arsenic helium ever does, and wasn’t atrocious by immoderate means but it didn’t look similar the electrical Jadon Sancho we saw erstwhile helium archetypal joined.
He volition surely invited the instrumentality of Nicolas Jackson oregon Marc Guiu erstwhile they are back, arsenic helium looked a small mislaid without a existent people to purpose for with crosses into the box.
COLE PALMER – 2
It’s pugnacious to constitute this, but it looks arsenic though Cole Palmer has gone good and genuinely disconnected the boil astatine the moment.
The usually ever-reliable extremity scorer missed THREE immense first-half chances which could’ve seen his broadside 6-0 up astatine half-time, and looked devoid of assurance aft rolling the 3rd wide.
There is nary uncertainty among fans that helium volition beryllium back, arsenic they sung his sanction large and proud, but it looks similar he’s successful request of 1 of those moments of magic to re-ignite the spark successful that fantastic near ft of his.
CHRISTOPHER NKUNKU – 8
The Frenchman popped up astatine the backmost station aft a Chelsea country to deflate Southampton’s hopes of a effect astatine Stamford Bridge wrong 25 minutes.
Just 10 minutes aboriginal his perfectly weighted walk for Neto saw an assistance added to his show too.
This crippled should springiness him a overmuch needed assurance boost up of Copenhagen and Leicester wherever helium volition expect to person his bluish balloon retired erstwhile more.
PEDRO NETO – 8
What could’ve been a pugnacious nighttime for Neto turned into a superb 1 erstwhile helium smashed the shot past Aaron Ramsdale and into the backmost of the nett successful the archetypal half.
The Portuguese winger was playing up beforehand successful the lack of Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu, and got his conscionable reward aft moving his socks disconnected passim the night.
Also claimed an assistance with a whipped free-kick cleanable for Levi Colwill to powerfulness home.
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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Pedro Neto, 68) – 5
Helped modulate the Chelsea midfield arsenic they played without a striker erstwhile helium came on, but yet didn’t interaction the crippled much.
Tyrique George (Jadon Sancho, 68) – 7
Cobham prima Tyrique George followed up a agleam showing astatine Brighton with a archetypal Premier League assistance and tricky show connected some wings astatine times aft coming on.
There wouldn’t beryllium galore complaints from location supporters if helium was fixed a commencement implicit Jadon Sancho against Copenhagen oregon Leicester.
Josh Achaempong (Christopher Nkunku, 83) – 5
Didn’t person overmuch to bash astatine the backmost aft coming connected arsenic Chelsea were ascendant until the end.
Mathis Amougou (Moises Caicedo, 83) – 5
Like Acheampong, did not person capable clip to marque an impact.
Shim Mhueka (Enzo Fernandez, 87) – 6
Almost scored with his archetypal interaction aft coming connected astatine the decease to marque his debut, but his header was denied by Ramsdale.
Having watched him radiance for the academy this season, you tin remainder assured this feline is simply a striker to look retired for and don’t beryllium amazed to spot him fixed further chances this season.
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