Chelsea still alive in the English League Cup and goes for everything this season. He made it to the quarterfinals thanks to the criminal. It was 4-3 before Southampton in the definition, after 1-1 in the 90 minutes where they scored Kai Havertz and Che Adams. Kepa Arrizabalaga saved a penalty, but the young man’s failure Will Smallbone ended up decanting the final result.
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Very intense match at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea was better in the first half and Southampton in the second. Either team could have won it in the final minutes, as there were chances for both. However, on penalties, the ‘Blues’ prevailed after the good execution of their players.
Chelsea dominated the first half, not without such clarity, but with dangerous situations that forced a couple of interventions from Forster. The set pieces were what Southampton suffered the most throughout the game and the locals knew how to take advantage of it at every moment.
Precisely, at minute 44, before the end of the first half, of a corner kick by Ziyech the head of Kai Havertz Higher than all to beat Forster. The 1-0 was a deserved prize for the ‘Blues’ who were the ones who were most encouraged in the first half, while the visitor was rather cautious and protected.
Gol de Kai Havertz
Everything changed in the first minutes of the second half. Two minutes after the start of the complement, a faulty clearance by Sarr, he attacked with everything Walker-Peters after an advance from Lyanco and his shot was well saved by Kepa. However, the ball escaped between his legs and the goal was served to the Scotsman. Che Adams for 1-1.
Che Adams goal
From then on, there was a noticeable growth of the ‘Soton’, more ambitious than in the entire first half, although it was exposed to any counterattack that Chelsea could take advantage of. The intensity of the visitor in the second half put a cloak of uncertainty in the game. Thomas Tuchel tried to counter it with the income of his scorers in the last matches: Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell, but the one who unbalanced was the young man Will Smallbone from the team of Ralph Hasenhüttl.
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Through Smallbone’s punch, Southampton had a couple of occasions on the end with the heads of Lyanco and Salisu that they forced Kepa to two monumental responses. And about the end Hudson-Odoi forced Forster into an ending that could be for anyone.
On penalties, Kepa stopped him Theo Walcott and Smallbone took her out of Stamford Bridge, while Forster could only save his penalty at Mount so Chelsea stayed with the qualification to the quarterfinals and is still alive in all the competitions of the season.
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