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By Matthew HowarthBBC Sport
Last updated connected 11 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League
Only David Beckham has scored much nonstop free-kick goals successful the Premier League than James Ward-ProwseChelsea's mediocre signifier nether manager Graham Potter continued arsenic a trademark free-kick from James Ward-Prowse earned the Premier League's bottommost nine Southampton a astonishment triumph astatine Stamford Bridge.
Ward-Prowse scored the game's lone extremity successful first-half stoppage time, sending a curling effort implicit the Chelsea partition and into the country from the borderline of the punishment area.
The effect means Chelsea person present won conscionable 2 games successful their past 14 successful each competitions.
But managerless Southampton volition anticipation it volition kick-start their attempts to flight the relegation zone.
The visitors had started magnificently successful westbound London and doubly went adjacent to scoring earlier Ward-Prowse's strike, with Kamaldeen Sulemana shooting consecutive astatine Kepa Arrizabalaga earlier Kalidou Koulibaly blocked Stuart Armstrong's follow-up.
The half-time instauration of Raheem Sterling breathed caller beingness into the Blues' toothless guardant line, but Ainsley Maitland-Niles' important artifact denied the England planetary an equaliser midway done the 2nd period.
Romain Perraud followed suit minutes aboriginal with a tremendous goal-line clearance to forestall a Sterling header from ending up successful the net, arsenic Potter's squad failed to people for the sixth clip successful 2023.
There was a lengthy stoppage towards the extremity of the 2nd fractional due to the fact that of an wounded to Chelsea skipper Cesar Azpilicueta, who was caught successful the look by Southampton substitute Sekou Mara.
The 33-year-old needed oxygen attraction connected the transportation earlier being carried disconnected connected a stretcher, though helium was conscious arsenic helium near the field.
There was a minute's applause earlier kick-off successful representation of erstwhile Chelsea winger Christian Atsu, who was recovered dead astir 2 weeks connected from the earthquake successful Turkey.
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Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
Squad number4Player nameBadiashile
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Squad number5Player nameFernández
Squad number31Player nameMadueke
Squad number11Player nameJoão Félix
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number27Player nameFofana
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number15Player nameMudryk
Squad number17Player nameSterling
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number33Player nameFofana
Southampton
Squad number31Player nameBazunu
Squad number3Player nameMaitland-Niles
Squad number35Player nameBednarek
Squad number37Player nameBella-Kotchap
Squad number15Player namePerraud
Squad number17Player nameS Armstrong
Squad number8Player nameWard-Prowse
Squad number45Player nameLavia
Squad number24Player nameElyounoussi
Squad number20Player nameSulemana
Squad number12Player nameOnuachu
Squad number4Player nameLyanco
Squad number9Player nameA Armstrong
Squad number18Player nameMara
Squad number26Player nameAlcaraz
Squad number27Player nameDiallo
Squad number32Player nameWalcott
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1ArrizabalagaBooked astatine 87mins
- 28AzpilicuetaSubstituted forChalobahat 84'minutes
- 26KoulibalyBooked astatine 4minsSubstituted forFofanaat 45'minutes
- 4Badiashile
- 21ChilwellSubstituted forGallagherat 84'minutes
- 8KovacicBooked astatine 90mins
- 5Fernández
- 31MaduekeSubstituted forMudrykat 64'minutes
- 11João Félix
- 19MountSubstituted forHavertzat 64'minutes
- 27FofanaSubstituted forSterlingat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 13Bettinelli
- 14Chalobah
- 15Mudryk
- 17Sterling
- 20Zakaria
- 23Gallagher
- 29Havertz
- 33Fofana
- 67Hall
Southampton
Formation 4-4-2
- 31Bazunu
- 3Maitland-NilesSubstituted forLyancoat 90+5'minutes
- 35Bednarek
- 37Bella-KotchapBooked astatine 16mins
- 15PerraudBooked astatine 90mins
- 17S ArmstrongBooked astatine 45minsSubstituted forWalcottat 59'minutes
- 8Ward-ProwseBooked astatine 90mins
- 45LaviaBooked astatine 87minsSubstituted forDialloat 87'minutes
- 24ElyounoussiSubstituted forAlcarazat 87'minutes
- 20SulemanaSubstituted forA Armstrongat 59'minutes
- 12OnuachuSubstituted forMaraat 59'minutesBooked astatine 75mins
Substitutes
- 2Walker-Peters
- 4Lyanco
- 9A Armstrong
- 13Caballero
- 18Mara
- 19Djenepo
- 26Alcaraz
- 27Diallo
- 32Walcott
Referee:David Coote
Attendance:40,152
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 0, Southampton 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 0, Southampton 1.
Attempt missed. Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is close, but misses to the near pursuing a corner.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ibrahima Diallo.
Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Sékou Mara (Southampton).
Romain Perraud (Southampton) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Romain Perraud (Southampton).
James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellowish card.
Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellowish card.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Trevoh Chalobah.
Attempt saved. Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) close footed changeable from a hard space connected the close is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
Attempt saved. João Félix (Chelsea) close footed changeable from a hard space and agelong scope connected the near is saved successful the apical centre of the goal.
Substitution, Southampton. Lyanco replaces Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Theo Walcott (Southampton).
Foul by Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea).
Sékou Mara (Southampton) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
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