Chelsea vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Southampton in the Premier League today.
The Blues are desperate to find some consistent winning form, with Graham Potter under some pressure to find a way to gel his expensively put-together squad and lift them from mid-table anonymity. The likes of Myhkailo Mudryk, Enzo Fernandez and Joao Felix all arrived in January but they remain 10th in the table with just one win in six.
Saints, meanwhile, are staring relegation in the face if they don’t improve fast; they have lost their last three, are four points from safety and remain managerless after sacking Nathan Jones are barely three months. Talks with Jesse Marsch did not yield a resolution, meaning Ruben Selles is in the dugout for today’s game.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
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Both players are taking time in the break to take on instructions. The medical staff are naturally taking their time to ensure that Azpilicueta is okay to move from the pitch.
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Substitution Benjamin James Chilwell Conor John Gallagher
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Substitution César Azpilicueta Tanco Trevoh Thomas Chalobah
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Azpilicueta remains down on the pitch and will have to be stretchered off here.
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Mara catches Azpilicueta with a high boot flush on the head. It leaves the Chelsea man down on the deck in need of treatment.
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SAVE! Armstrong sees his close-range effort saved by Kepa. Walcott breaks down the right flank and steers a cross towards Armstrong. He gets a boot on the ball that is deflected behind the body of the Chelsea keeper.
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OFF THE LINE! Sterling is denied again. He meets a cross from Havertz from the left flank and beats Bazunu with his header, only to see his effort cleared off the line by Perraud. Lavia reacts to the follow-up and diverts Sterling's strike over the top.
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