Chelsea thrashed Southampton 4-0 on Tuesday (5), rising to the fourth place of the Premier League and making the visitors even softer in the last position of the table.
With the three points, the London team reaches 46 points, two ahead of Manchester City and Newcastle United, who enter the field on Wednesday against Tottenham Hotspur and leader Liverpool, respectively.
With the 22nd defeat of the season, Southampton follows 13 points from the security zone. Already Chelsea keeps his hopes of playing the Champions League next season.
Without a letter striker due to Nicolas Jackson’s injury, Chelsea has suffered to score goals and needed defense and midfield players to stand out. However, the team has been dominant since the start of the match, and early on, after a defender of Aaron Ramsdale in a cole Palmer kick, Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring by pushing the ball to the net after a corner and header of Tosin Adarabioyo.
The French striker then became an assistant when giving Pedro Neto a precise pass, who, with a powerful left foot kick, expanded to 2-0. Defender Levi Colwill made 3-0 before the break, heading a free kick by heading a free kick by heading De Neto, and Marc Cucurella closed the account on 78 minutes, completing a right pass of young Tyrique George, 19 -year -old replacement and promise from base.
Although Ramsdale has made important defenses in the final minutes, denying opportunities for Cole Palmer and Enzo Fernández, the score could have been even more elastic.
After a sequence of four losses in the last five games, Chelsea recovers and dreams of the classification for European competitions again. Coach Enzo Maresca celebrated the victory: “We all needed it. We were in a bad phase in terms of results… the club needed that. We are happy. ”
