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Chelsea were ruthless against Southampton as they continued their pursuit for the Premier League title.
The Blues head into the game looking confident after a comfortable victory over Aston Villa at the weekend.
Having defeated Villa, they did a decent job thrashing Southampton 5-1 to continue their good run of form.
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16:52 - 04.12.2024
Maresca ignores Palmer and Caicedo, singles out ‘top’ Chelsea player's improvement
The Chelsea boss heaped praise on one of his players after several commendable performances this term.
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10:05 - 04.12.2024
‘We all are in the same situation’ - Maresca compares Chelsea’s start to Guardiola and Arteta’s journey
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has compared his start with the Blues to that of Pep Guardiola when he started at Barcelona and Mikel Arteta at Arsenal.
As it happened
Chelsea have made seven changes for their trip to Southampton, with Filip Jorgensen.
Malo Gusto, Axel Disasi, Tosin Adarabioyo, Noni Madueke, Joao Felix and Christopher Nkunku are all on the starting lineup.
Super Eagles star Joe Aribo made the starting lineup, but fellow countryman Paul Onuachu missed out through injury.
Chelsea started the game with so much confidence and scored the first goal from a corner kick. Enzo Fernandez whipped in a corner and Axel Disasi got to it before the Southampton goalkeeper, nodding in from close range.
Southampton responded immediately with the equaliser when Kyle Walker-Peters turned past Enzo Fernandez on the byeline and cut the ball back for Joe Aribo, who has an easy finish to level.
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A silly error from the home side gave the visitors the lead again. Joe Lumley is about 20 yards out when his pass is intercepted by Noni Madueke.
The Chelsea forward latched on to the ball, played in Christopher Nkunku, and the Frenchman tapped into an open net.
The third goal went in before Jack Stephens was shown a straight red card. Noni Madueke picked the ball up out on the right, cut inside and curled one into the bottom far corner.
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Chelsea added the fourth and fifth goals in the second half from Cole Palmer and Jadon Sancho to extend their lead.
The game ended in a comfortable victory for Chelsea as they move over Arsenal to second place on the table.
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