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Timo Werner put Chelsea back in front with six minutes remainingChelsea scored two late goals as Thomas Tuchel's side bounced back from consecutive defeats to beat Southampton and move top of the Premier League.
Timo Werner and Ben Chilwell struck in the final six minutes after Saints had been reduced to 10 men following the dismissal of captain James Ward-Prowse for a poor challenge on Jorginho.
Academy product Trevoh Chalobah put the hosts ahead after nine minutes, swooping at the back post to head in his second of the season after Ruben Loftus-Cheek flicked on Chilwell's corner.
A dominant Chelsea had the ball in the net on two further occasions in the first half, however Romelu Lukaku was flagged offside and Werner's header was ruled out following a foul by Cesar Azpilicueta on Kyle Walker-Peters in the build-up.
The hosts were punished for not extending their advantage when former Chelsea player Tino Livramento was tripped by Chilwell in the box and Ward-Prowse fired in the resulting penalty.
However, the visitors could not hold out for a point following the loss of their skipper, whose yellow card was upgraded to a straight red after referee Martin Atkinson viewed the pitchside monitor.
And having lost 1-0 to Juventus in the Champions League in midweek after their unbeaten league start was ended by Manchester City, Werner and Chilwell's late strikes ensured Chelsea returned to winning ways at Stamford Bridge.
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Chelsea
Squad number16Player nameMendy
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number2Player nameRüdiger
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number11Player nameWerner
Squad number20Player nameHudson-Odoi
Squad number9Player nameLukaku
Squad number5Player nameJorginho
Squad number18Player nameBarkley
Squad number19Player nameMount
Southampton
Squad number1Player nameMcCarthy
Squad number21Player nameLivramento
Squad number35Player nameBednarek- Squad number22Player nameSalisu
- Squad number2Player nameWalker-Peters
- Squad number32Player nameWalcott
Squad number8Player nameWard-Prowse
Squad number6Player nameOriol Romeu- Squad number23Player nameTella
- Squad number9Player nameArmstrong
Squad number11Player nameRedmond
- Squad number19Player nameDjenepo
- Squad number24Player nameElyounoussi
- Squad number27Player nameDiallo
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 16Mendy
- 14Chalobah
- 6Thiago SilvaBooked at 55mins
- 2Rüdiger
- 28Azpilicueta
- 12Loftus-CheekSubstituted forBarkleyat 83'minutes
- 8KovacicSubstituted forJorginhoat 73'minutes
- 21Chilwell
- 11Werner
- 20Hudson-OdoiSubstituted forMountat 65'minutes
- 9Lukaku
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 3Alonso
- 4Christensen
- 5Jorginho
- 17Saúl
- 18Barkley
- 19Mount
- 22Ziyech
- 29Havertz
Southampton
Formation 4-4-2
- 1McCarthy
- 21Livramento
- 35Bednarek
- 22SalisuBooked at 90mins
- 2Walker-Peters
- 32WalcottSubstituted forDialloat 45'minutes
- 8Ward-ProwseBooked at 77mins
- 6RomeuBooked at 34mins
- 23TellaSubstituted forDjenepoat 73'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 9Armstrong
- 11RedmondSubstituted forElyounoussiat 87'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Silveira Neves Vojnovic
- 7Long
- 10Adams
- 15Perraud
- 17Armstrong
- 19Djenepo
- 24Elyounoussi
- 27Diallo
- 44Forster
Referee:Martin Atkinson
Attendance:40,109
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 3, Southampton 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 3, Southampton 1.
Moussa Djenepo (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Moussa Djenepo (Southampton).
Foul by Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea).
Moussa Djenepo (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Timo Werner (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mohammed Salisu (Southampton).
Mohammed Salisu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Timo Werner (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mohammed Salisu (Southampton).
Goal! Chelsea 3, Southampton 1. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner.
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) hits the right post with a left footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Mason Mount.
Substitution, Southampton. Mohamed Elyounoussi replaces Nathan Redmond.
Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Goal! Chelsea 2, Southampton 1. Timo Werner (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
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