Chelsea falter and suffer defeat to Southampton in the Premier League

This Saturday, the 18th, chelsea It is southampton faced each other in Premier League in a match valid for the 24th round of the competition. With little reaction, the home team ended up conceding victory to their opponents in the middle of Stamford Bridge. In this way, the bottom team managed to earn three points, while the home team parked in the middle of the table.

as in Nottingham v Manchester City, Christian Atsu, a former Blues player who died in the rubble of the earthquake in Turkey, was honored before the ball rolled. The beginning of the match was marked by the difficulty of scoring the teams first goal and by foul shots on both sides.

However, at the end of the first stage, the southampton took the lead in the 46th minute: James Ward-Prowse decided for the visiting team and opened the scoring with a goal from a free kick in the bottom left corner, with his right foot. Thus, the initial half of the match ended with the Saints ahead of chelsea.

In the second half, however, nothing was changed in the score. Possession of the ball, which had previously been balanced, leaned mostly towards the Blues after the break. Thus, without major changes, Chelsea faltered at home and conceded the victory to Southampton, who scored the final score of 1-0 away from home.

MORE FROM PREMIER LEAGUE

This Saturday, the 18th, the Arsenalgot the better of the aston villa in the Premier League, in a match valid for the 24th round of the competition. In this way, with the triumph by the score of 4 to 2, the Gunners managed to retake the provisional leadership of the table, which had been reached by Manchester City, in the last match between the teams.