Five-star Chelsea runs riot at St Mary's
Chelsea continued its fine run of form with a 5-1 victory away at Premier League struggler Southampton, which was reduced to 10 men.
The Blues went in front early on through Axel Disasi’s header but were quickly pegged back as Joe Aribo fired home an equaliser for the home side.
Chelsea reclaimed the lead through goals from Christopher Nkunku and Noni Madueke, before Cole Palmer and substitute Jadon Sancho further added to its lead in the second half.
A miserable night for Southampton was made more difficult when Jack Stephens was shown a red card by in the first half after a VAR review.
The emphatic victory sees Chelsea move up to second, seven points behind leader Liverpool, while Southampton remains at the foot of the table.
In fact, Southampton is only the seventh team to lose as many as 11 of its first 14 Premier League games in a season, along with Sunderland (2005-2006), Portsmouth (2009-2010), Bolton (2011-2012), Aston Villa (2015-16), Sheffield United (2020-21 and 2023-24) and Burnley (2023-24) – all of those teams were relegated.
