Romeo Lavia and Adam Armstrong were on the scoresheet as Southampton beat Chelsea 2-1 condemning the Blues to their 2nd defeat in three games.
The Blues opened the scoring in the 23rd minute as Mason Mount squeezed a pass across purpose for Raheem Sterling, who took a touch before swivelling and tucking into the corner.
However, the Saints responded just 5 minutes later as a James Ward-Prowse corner came out to Lavia on the area of the field and the young midfielder advised a superb effort in from distance to equalise.
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And the hosts took the lead simply before the break as Romain Perraud’s low ball from the left found Armstrong in acres of house in the box, with the striker having time to take a touch before lashing a deflected effort previous Edouard Mendy that turned out to be the winner.
Southampton greater than matched Chelsea at St Mary’s, recording a greater predicted dreams tally than the Blues
