Southampton slumped to their third straight league defeat with a 4-1 loss to Chelsea at St Mary’s.
Chelsea broke the deadlock after 17 minutes when Tammy Abraham was played in behind and lobbed the ball over the stranded Angus Gunn who was caught in no man’s land.
The visitor’s advantage was doubled soon after when more defensive frailties led to Mason Mount firing past Gunn from inside the box.
There was no let up in the scoring as Saints hit back thanks to a brilliant run from Yan Valery down the right before drilling the ball across goal and ricocheting off Danny Ings into the back of the net.
Frank Lampard’s side added a third before the break through a hopeful N’golo Kante shot from distance which deflected off Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and past the wrong-footed Gunn.
The game then failed to get started in the second-half with Chelsea controlling the proceedings until late on when Michy Batshuayi added a fourth.
This defeat leaves Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side just one point above the relegation zone as we go into the second international break of the season.
Here’s how we rated the Southampton players:
