Olivier Giroud comes off the bench to break Saints hearts after Marcos Alonso escapes the red card for a wild lunge
*The question: Will Chelsea defeat be terminated for Southampton's survival chances?
It is not always just the most overwhelming and ominous result, but the form and circumstances that support it. This was Mark Hughes' first home game as manager of Southampton and, for 69 minutes, his team seemed to be winning 2-0 after perhaps offering their best performance of the season.
Eight minutes later, a Chelsea team completely inspired by the presentation of Olivier Giroud had a 3-2 record and was on the way to victory.
Giroud had scored twice in the rescue of what was another otherwise insipid Chelsea performance and it was difficult to leave St Mary fearing at least the worst for Southampton.
Eight minutes later, a Chelsea team completely inspired by the presentation of Olivier Giroud had a 3-2 record and was on the way to victory.
Giroud had scored twice in the rescue of what was another otherwise insipid Chelsea performance and it was difficult to leave St Mary fearing at least the worst for Southampton.
They have won just one occasion within the Premier League since Gregorian calendar month and therefore the impact of that record on their fragile confidence was dreadfully evident even as short as Giroud created it 2-1.
They forthwith began tantalizing pressure by defensive deeply and there was somehow already a grim, sure thing regarding the end result.
It all leaves Southampton still cut adrift in eighteenth place and, for all their graspable sense of injustice over a first-half Marcos professional dancer challenge that ought to result during a straight red card, it's arduous currently to visualize wherever the points can come back.
Alonso can sure enough currently face a three-match retrospective ban for a dreadfully dangerous high tackle on Shane Long that apparently went forgotten by referee's microphone Dean, however, that's very little use currently to Southampton. Their anger can be combined with however professional dancer helped spark Chelsea’s late comeback along with his cross for Giroud’s 1st.
After a positive performance, if not end in additionally losing 3-2 last week against Arsenal, Southampton cursed with an equivalent formation to incorporate 3 centers-backs. With Jack Stephens suspended, it meant a Premier League debut for Jan Bednarek aboard Maya Yoshida and Wesley Hoedt.
Although Southampton was shortly once more, for the most part, fiddling with 5 at the rear, the system was permitting 2 of their best players in Cedric and Ryan Bertrand rather a lot of protection after their poor forward on the counter-attack.
Chelsea were quickly dominant in possession, however, with Alvaro Morata troubled to noticeably threaten, they were making precious few probabilities. Southampton was way more productive with their crisp passing and took a due lead when twenty-one minutes. Morata lost possession and Davide Zappacosta had allowed himself to urge sucked forward. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg known the possibility and discharged Ryan Bertrand World Health Organization, with Cesar Azpilicueta exposed, used his pace to sprint to the sting of the penalty space before teeing up Dusan Tadic for an easy finish. It absolutely was Tadic’s 1st Premier League goal of the year.
The pattern continues, with Chelsea still sees lots of the ball, however to marginal inventive profit. James Ward-Prowse, World Health Organization had been wonderful, then tested Thibaut Courtois with a strong shot {and the|and therefore the|and additionally the} Belgique goalkeeper then had additionally to be conscious of also smother Tadic’s follow up. The professional dancer then all over what had been an urgently poor first-half for Chelsea along with his reckless studs-up challenge on Long.
Chelsea had not had one shot on goal, however, re-emerged many minutes before the re-start and did at the start show marginally a lot of purposes.
Eden Hazard and Willian then joined up, however, Morata’s lack of kindness and confidence was evident
In, however, he tried and sailed high and wide.
Southampton additionally remained a lot of threatening after they did get forward, with Long sprinting clear and virtually extending the lead with a most fortuitous scooped effort that went onto his standing foot and virtually over Courtois. A second goal did appear to be coming back and punctually arrived once Ward-Prowse’s precise free-kick was dead directed deadly between a professional dancer and Gary Cahill and into the trail of Bednarek.
Southampton was ostensibly cruising, however, the match suddenly turned within the seventieth minute. Alonso’s cross had eluded Maya Yoshida and, from around ten yards out, Giroud bright headed past Alex McCarthy. The boldness visibly seeped from Southampton and, has been passing the ball a lot of fluently that for any purpose of the season, they suddenly people. Willian’s cross, then found Hazard in so much an excessive amount of house within the penalty space, with Bertrand unable to stop the Chelsea winger’s equalizer.
The comeback was then fittingly completed by Giroud once associate tried to head clearance fell at his feet and he half-volleyed his end past McCarthy.
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