Premier League: Chelsea back into top four, Palace thrash Villa
Chelsea ended its poor run of form with a 4-0 win at home to rock-bottom Southampton that lifted them back into the Premier League's top four.
- LONDON — Chelsea
ended its poor run of form with a 4-0 win at home to rock-bottom Southampton
that lifted them back into the Premier League's top four.
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- Enzo Maresca's side ended some doubts after recent poor
displays with goals from Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto, Levi Colwill and Marc
Cucurella - although given the level of their opponents, it's hard to say
whether this is the end of their crisis.
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- The result sees Enzo Maresca’s team leapfrog AFC
Bournemouth, Newcastle United and Manchester City to go fourth, though the
latter two sides are in action on Wednesday. Southampton stay bottom with only
nine points from 27 matches.
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- "We all needed that. We were in a bad run in term of
results. The performance was always there maybe except against Brighton. The
club needed that. We are happy. We said already that from now on every game is
important. And if we get three points it's even better," Maresca said.
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- Ismaila Sarr scored twice as Crystal Palace continued their
excellent form with a 4-1 win at home to Aston Villa. Jean-Philippe Mateta and
Eddie Nketiah also scored for Palace, while Morgan Rogers netted for the
visitors.
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- Joao Pedro and Danny Welbeck gave Brighton a 2-1 win at home
to Bournemouth in a game between two sides battling to qualify for Europe next
season. Pedro opened the scoring and Welbeck scored the winner after Justin
Kluivert had leveled for Bournemouth.
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- Finally, Wolverhampton Wanderers' recovery suffered a
setback at home to Fulham, who took all three points with goals from Ryan
Sessegnon, who scored after one minute, and Rodrigo Muniz, who won the game
after Joao Gomes had drawn Wolves level after 18 minutes.
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- Liverpool hosts Newcastle United, Tottenham plays Manchester
City, and Manchester United faces Ipswich Town in three of Wednesday's most
intriguing matches.
