Abject Chelsea were thoroughly outplayed by sparkling Southampton on a dramatic night at Stamford Bridge. 7.25pm BSTA smattering of boos as the final whistle blows. Mourinho shakes Koeman’s hand sadly,then slopes off down the tunnel. The champions are in all sorts of trouble honest now. Only West Brom, Villa, and Newcastle and Sunderland are beneath them in the Premier League table. John Terry walks off with his head in his hands. But this isn’t just approximately crisis-club Chelsea; it’s approximately Southampton too. And they were simply magnificent. Utterly dominant for the final 60 minutes of the match,they scored three and could have had two penalties. They jump above Liverpool into ninth place. Chelsea are 16th, having sourced a mere eight points from their first eight games. No team has ever suffered a start like that and finished higher than fifth. There’s a stat that’ll be trotted out a couple of times during what promises to be quite an eventful international fracture. 7.23pm BST90 min +4: Southampton fans bewitch some time out to send abuse Portsmouth’s way. It’s their party, and they can conclude what they like.
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Source: theguardian.com