Boxing Day delivered something of a sensation in the Premier League as bundholdet Southampton at Stamford Bridge won with 2-0 over Chelsea.
On a day when Chelsea failed to convert big possession to scoring chances, beat Southampton, with the cynical kontraspil and snatched the three vital points.
Southampton, who before the round was fjerdesidst, advanced more seats, while Chelsea lost ground at the top, where the team is, however, still is number four.
the Defenders Andreas Christensen and Jannik Vestergaard sat on the bench, respectively, Chelsea and Southampton, while Pierre-Emile Højbjerg started inside of the latter as captain.
The Danish midfielder had come to make his mark with an assist that led to the first goal.
Chelsea was on the ball most of the time, but it was difficult to bring themselves to dangerous situations.
the Whole 20 minutes should pass, before the first Chelsea-completion were noted, and it was not a one-time probing.
Then there were more cuts of things, since Southampton a bit out of the blue put an attack up after a half an hour.
the Away team captured the ball at the midline in the right-hand side. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg played immediately the ball forward to Michael Obafemi targeted at scuttling off towards the field. A bakkende Chelsea defending allowed Obafemi pull right into the box, where he curled the ball superbly into the corner for 1-0.
Southampton fightede the lead home in the first half. After the break attack Chelsea something more intense for the reversal, but the away team defended himself continued bravely.
Chelsea still had a hard time making the chances big, but it could Southampton however. After 65 minutes was Nathan Redmond played totally free in a counter, but this time saved Kepa Arrizabalaga.
a Few minutes later gave Redmond another chance. Southampton played smart ball around in their own ranks in order to get the time to go, but suddenly put the team turbo on and went into the attack.
After a mønsteropspil ended the ball in the field at Redmond that could easily poke the ball into the net for 2-0.
Away lost Chelsea the courage, and the away team will be able to run the sensational result home.
Premier League – 26. dec. 2019 – at. 15:28 Eriksen got the decisive role
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