Chelsea consigned Southampton to its newest humiliating defeat within the Premier League, with the 6-0 thrashing on Saturday proving good capturing follow forward of a must-win Champions League in midweek. Mason Mount and Timo Werner each scored twice whereas there have been additionally targets for Marcos Alonso and Kai Havertz for Chelsea at St. Mary’s Stadium.
Southampton has been crushed 9-0 in every of the previous two seasons and an analogous scoreline seemed possible when Mount scored Chelsea’s sixth objective within the 54th minute. The guests stepped off the tempo within the last half-hour, although, maybe saving some vitality earlier than the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal matchup towards Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Madrid received the primary leg 3-1 at Stamford Bridge and Thomas Tuchel took the chance to withdraw Havertz, Thiago Silva and Mount early. It may simply have been a heavier loss for Southampton, with Werner putting the objective body on three events within the first half. Chelsea consolidated third place within the league and moved 10 factors behind second-place Liverpool.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
