(EFE) — It is difficult to find an explanation for what is happening to Chelsea. When it seems that things cannot get worse for the Blues, there is always a twist. This Saturday, Graham Potter’s team, who no longer has credit, fell at home against Southampton (0-1), adding their fifth consecutive game without winning.
Los de Stamford Bridge They have not won since January 15, against Crystal Palace, their only win in all of 2013, and in the last five games they have only scored once, that of Joao Félix against West Ham United. The defeat was not the most worrying thing, since the game went into the background after a chilling kick that César Azpilicueta received in the face and forced the Spaniard to leave the field on a stretcher and assisted with oxygen.
Before the captain’s injury, without a doubt the most important thing of the afternoon, the Chelsea once again showed its most infamous face, that of a team incapable of competing and dominating despite the spectacular payment of the winter market: 330 million that have not served to fix the problems structural of a group that simply does not have a goal or ability to come back.
When on the brink of rest James Ward-Prowse was preparing for a foul near the crescent of the area, the ‘Saints’ fans smacked their lips. They felt it like a penalty. And they were right. Forehand that Kepa did not reach and ecstasy of a team that resurfaces under the command of the Spanish Rubén Selles.
Potter had to make adjustments and put Raheem Sterling, who changed the face of the team. Chelsea’s best chances came from his boots. A deflected header from Mason Mount, a wall with Havertz in which the German was exaggeratedly generous and a header from Sterling that Perraud took over the line.
With 15 minutes to go, Azpilicueta, trying to get a ball inside the area, was kicked in the face by Mara. An unfortunate action and one that had the Spaniard attended by assists for almost ten minutes. He was replaced, on a stretcher and with oxygen, and cheered by the stands.
He Chelsea shocked, he only had a deflected right hand from Mudryk to tie it. Another defeat, another game without a win for the ‘Blues’ and a team on the brink of collapse. He is tenth, with 31 points, ten behind the Champions League’ and with the public against it, with a loud boo that followed the final whistle.
Selles’ Southampton breathe a little more and, although they are still bottom, they are close to salvation: they are three points behind.
