Southampton 1-4 Chelsea: Tammy Abraham on target as Blues sink Saints
Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount helped Chelsea to a comfortable 4-1 win over Southampton at St Mary's.
Abraham's lob opened the scoring after 17 minutes before Mount doubled Chelsea's lead with a close-range strike. Danny Ings' tap-in pulled one back for Southampton but N'Golo Kante restored the visitors' two-goal lead before half-time with a long-range deflected strike.
- Southampton have lost three consecutive Premier League game for the first time since October 2018, under Mark Hughes.
- Chelsea have won each of their last four games in all competitions, equalling the longest win streak of Frank Lampard's managerial career to date (four games in August-September 2018 with Derby).
- This was Southampton's heaviest defeat in a home Premier League game under Ralph Hasenhüttl. Indeed, the last time they lost by 3+ goals in a home game in the competition was also against Chelsea (0-3 in October 2018).