Agency :
Chelsea recovered from painful home defeats against Brentford and Real Madrid with a 6-0 win away to Southampton on Saturday afternoon.
Thomas Tuchel’s men looked like a team with something to prove and led 2-0 after the 16th minute with goals from Marcos Alonso and Mason Mount. Timo Werner made it 3-0 in the 21st minute and Kai Havertz all but ended the match when he added a fourth just after the half hour.
Both Werner and Mount scored again in the 49th and 54th minutes before Chelsea took the foot off the gas to save their legs for next Tuesday’s Champions League (CL) quarter-final in Madrid and after this display they will believe they have a chance of overturning their 3-1 first leg defeat.
Anthony Gordon’s deflected first half strike gave Everton three vital points in their battle against relegation against a hapless Manchester United, who produced another chaotic display that puts their hopes of playing in Europe next season in severe doubt.
