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Looking at Chelsea's first goal Saints had 11 players defending in the penalty area but still left a free header at the far post by a Chelsea defender. Armstrong standing in the "D" marking nobody would have been be better placed standing on the halfway line occupying some defenders there while also being available for a quick break.

Well let's see how a midfield without JWP gets on for the next 3 games. He's been mostly poor this season so maybe a few games off will do him good.

A good job the red card came so late otherwise we could have been looking at conceding 9 goals again.

Saints were in the game with 11 men at 1-1. JWP saw the chance to nick the ball. missed and now it's a point or even more thrown away.

That's how you beat a 10 man defence.

If you have to take that long for a decision it's borderline. Harsh.

If that's a red it'd be harsh.

Saints much better this half with a reinforced midfield.

No VAR required for that penalty.

Once again Chelsea just stroll through Saints midfield as though it's not there. Amazing that it's only 1-0.

Another decent attacking position fizzles out.

A let off.

Good grief! That is just awful defending.

Chelsea slicing through Saints midfield with ease.

How the hell did Walcott miss that?

That's what you should have done last week, Bednarek. Good shove.

Saints second to everything at the moment.

Saints getting into some decent advanced positions but they just don't seem to know what to do once in the final third. Another corner comes to nothing.

Call that defending?

Losing 2-3 now. 😬

I guarantee that if a Saints player somehow ended up in Jiminez's position with a an open goal in front of them they'd pass it to the 'keeper. And nobody would be surprised.

Couldn't even beat a Wolves team that were clearly not fit. The lack of goals will do for Saints this season.

JWP totally wasted that free kick.

Totally clueless in attack. This is what I worried about at 2pm.

At this rate I'd expect around 10 minutes of added time. Not that it'll do any good mind.