Chelsea Makes It Eight Wins From Ten After Alonso Winning Strike
Chelsea battled to a lone goal victory over Southampton on Saturday and Marcos Alonso was the hero for the Blues as he got the only goal of the match played at Stamford Bridge.
Alonso curled in a beautiful free kick late in the first half to give the reigning champions the three points they needed from Saturday's.
With this latest win, Chelsea have secured eight victories from 10 league games.
Chelsea have moved level on points with second-place Manchester United courtesy of a narrow 1-0 victory over Southampton at Stamford Bridge this afternoon.
The hosts needed a Marcos Alonso free kick in the dying stages of the first half to beat their out-of-form visitors and make it five consecutive Premier League home wins, closing the gap on leaders Manchester City to 11 points in the process.
Southampton, meanwhile, drop down to 12th having seen their winless run extend to five matches, with just three points now separating them from the relegation zone.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte opted to leave fit-again top-scorer Alvaro Morata on the bench as he made just one change from the midweek win over Huddersfield Town, with captain Gary Cahill replacing Antonio Rudiger.
By contrast, Southampton made six changes from their demoralising 4-1 home defeat at the hands of Leicester City on Wednesday night, with the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Austin.
Chelsea were slow to settle into the match, but they almost opened the scoring 15 minutes in when Willian exchanged passes with Alonso before firing his finish a couple of yards wide of the target.
It took until the 21st minute for either side to have a shot on target when Cahill's long-range strike was kept out by Forster, and the Southampton keeper was called into action again shortly afterwards to palm N'Golo Kante's deflected shot away.
A crucial last-ditch challenge from Bertrand then denied Willian as Chelsea's pressure continued to grow before Forster was forced into another smart save at his near post by Alonso's snapshot from inside the penalty area.
Chelsea were denied by the woodwork in the closing stages of the first half after Pedro had bundled through a couple of challenges on his way into the box, eventually unleashing a shot which took a deflection on its way against the upright.
The hosts did go into half time with the lead, though, as Alonso broke the deadlock deep into first-half stoppage time with a perfectly-placed free kick which nestled into the bottom corner after Forster was slow to react.
Alonso curled in a beautiful free kick late in the first half to give the reigning champions the three points they needed from Saturday's.
With this latest win, Chelsea have secured eight victories from 10 league games.
Chelsea have moved level on points with second-place Manchester United courtesy of a narrow 1-0 victory over Southampton at Stamford Bridge this afternoon.
The hosts needed a Marcos Alonso free kick in the dying stages of the first half to beat their out-of-form visitors and make it five consecutive Premier League home wins, closing the gap on leaders Manchester City to 11 points in the process.
Southampton, meanwhile, drop down to 12th having seen their winless run extend to five matches, with just three points now separating them from the relegation zone.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte opted to leave fit-again top-scorer Alvaro Morata on the bench as he made just one change from the midweek win over Huddersfield Town, with captain Gary Cahill replacing Antonio Rudiger.
By contrast, Southampton made six changes from their demoralising 4-1 home defeat at the hands of Leicester City on Wednesday night, with the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Austin.
Chelsea were slow to settle into the match, but they almost opened the scoring 15 minutes in when Willian exchanged passes with Alonso before firing his finish a couple of yards wide of the target.
It took until the 21st minute for either side to have a shot on target when Cahill's long-range strike was kept out by Forster, and the Southampton keeper was called into action again shortly afterwards to palm N'Golo Kante's deflected shot away.
A crucial last-ditch challenge from Bertrand then denied Willian as Chelsea's pressure continued to grow before Forster was forced into another smart save at his near post by Alonso's snapshot from inside the penalty area.
Chelsea were denied by the woodwork in the closing stages of the first half after Pedro had bundled through a couple of challenges on his way into the box, eventually unleashing a shot which took a deflection on its way against the upright.
The hosts did go into half time with the lead, though, as Alonso broke the deadlock deep into first-half stoppage time with a perfectly-placed free kick which nestled into the bottom corner after Forster was slow to react.
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