Chelsea v Southampton: The Blues earn crucial win

 Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you're well and having a good start to the month. Apologies for not posting articles. Its been a busy 3 weeks with me moving to my new studio and not having internet till last week Friday but now I'm back and almost completely settled. 

So after suffering 2 consecutive defeats against Man City in the league and away to Juventus in the UCL, Chelsea earned a much needed 3-1 win against Southampton at Stamford Bridge on saturday afternoon in sunny west London. 2 late goals from Werner and Chilwell either side of a Trevoh Chalobah header and a Ward-Prowse penelty gave the Blues the win that sent them top of the table for the international break.

TT made some changes after the defeat in Turin with Chilwell, RLC and Werner getting starts and who honestly if you ask me seized their opportunities and will definitely be knocking on the door for more first team opportunities as the season goes on.

Another player who impressed me once they came on was Ross Barkley. The pass that he made in the build up to the Werner goal was exquisite and reminded me of Chelsea legend Cesc Fabregas. I believe thats what was missing in the midfield of late.

Another quiet game for Lukaku who failed to score again but no worries the goals will come back for sure after the international break. Just need to provide him more with the ball.
I'm also hoping to see Kanté, Pulisic and James back after the game. They're very important to the team.

Overall a much needed win for the European champions who are now top of the table for the next 2 weeks.Looking at the set of fixtures, Chelsea should win most of those games but the 2 that will have me cautious are Leicester away and Brentford away. Nevertheless if Cheslea want to win the league then they'll have to scrape through some games like they did against the Saints at the weekend.

So now to enjoy the international break and watch Belgium v France on thursday night. In the meantime check out my podcast.  A new episode is dropping the week. I'll be looking back at the UCL matchdays 1 and 2.

Thanks for the support and have a good week everyone

Ciao

In case you missed the highlights,here they are.
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