LONDON: Chelsea crashed to a surprise 2-1 defeat in opposition to Southampton as their rocky begin to the Premier League season took a flip for the more serious on Tuesday. Thomas Tuchel’s aspect blew the lead at St Mary’s after Raheem Sterling put them forward halfway throughout the first half of.
England ahead Sterling bagged his 3rd objective in two video games with a close-range strike within the twenty third minute. However Chelsea had squandered a number of possibilities earlier than Sterling’s opener and, no longer for the primary time in Tuchel’s reign, their profligate completing got here again to hang-out them.
Romeo Lavia equalized within the twenty eighth minute together with his first objective for Southampton, curling house from the brink of the realm after Chelsea did not transparent a nook. Adam Armstrong put Southampton forward at the stroke of half-time as he took Romain Perraud’s go and drilled a deflected shot previous Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy.
Chelsea, overwhelmed 3-0 at Leeds of their earlier away fixture, had been not able to muster a reaction as they slipped to a 2d defeat from their remaining 3 video games. With simply two wins from their first 5 fits, the Blues are already 5 issues at the back of leaders Arsenal, who play their recreation in hand in opposition to Aston Villa on Wednesday.
Regardless of an important close-season spending spree, which is about to proceed with a number of extra signings mooted earlier than Thursday’s switch time limit, Chelsea are suffering to seek out any sustained momentum at this time. Whilst it’s too early to write down them out of the name race, Tuchel will likely be involved through his staff’s newest sloppy show — with key errors at each ends of the pitch — having already criticized them publicly after the Leeds loss.
Everton pissed off
Everton’s look ahead to a primary win this season is going on after Luis Sinisterra’s first league objective for Leeds earned a 1-1 draw at Elland Highway. Frank Lampard’s staff went forward when Alex Iwobi’s incisive go used to be flicked throughout the legs of Diego Llorente through Anthony Gordon, whose medical end capped a very good transfer within the seventeenth minute.
However Colombia winger Sinisterra marked his first get started for Jesse Marsch’s males in memorable type with a composed end from Brenden Aaronson’s go within the fifty fifth minute. Fulham ended Brighton’s unbeaten begin to the season with a 2-1 win at Craven Cottage that lifted them to 6th position.
Fourth-placed Brighton had received 3 in their first 4 video games, however Marco Silva’s promoted aspect broke the impasse within the forty eighth minute thru Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 5th objective this season.
Neeskens Kebano supplied the go and Serbia striker Mitrovic tapped in on the a long way submit for his one centesimal league objective for the Cottagers. Fulham doubled their lead seven mins later as Brighton defender Lewis Dunk diverted Andreas Pereira’s go into his personal internet.
Alexis Mac Allister transformed a sixtieth minute penalty for Brighton after Pervis Estupinan fouled Bobby De Cordova-Reid. Yoane Wissa’s overdue leveller rescued Brentford of their 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace.
Wilfried Zaha confirmed why Arsenal and Chelsea were connected with him because the Ivory Coast ahead gave Palace the lead with an excellent strike from the brink of the realm after 59 mins. However Wissa used to be left unmarked to equalise with a close-range header within the 88th minute.