Saints march on to pile further

CHELSEA 1 Willian (10) SOUTHAMPTON 3 Davis (44), Mane (60), Pelle (72)

CHELSEA capitulated and were booed off as Southampton won at Stamford Bridge for the first time in almost 14 years to leave Jose Mourinho contemplating a fourth loss from eight Premier League games this season.

Captain John Terry was restored to the line-up, but Saints exposed the now familiar failings in the defence which formed the foundation for winning the title.

Chelsea have conceded at least two goals in seven of their eight Premier League games this season – and time and again Sadio Mane, Graziano Pelle and Dusan Tadic found holes to create chances.

Willian scored a fourth free-kick goal in four games, but Chelsea then scarcely tested Maarten Stekelenburg in their first home loss to Saints since January 2002.

A rare Steven Davis goal levelled matters and Mane put the visitors ahead after mistakes by Gary Cahill and Terry before Pelle’s third.

Saints might have had a penalty before the equaliser when Mane was tripped by Ramires.

The forward was booked for diving, while Radamel Falcao received a yellow card for the same offence as Chelsea desperately sought something in attack. Loic Remy was sent on after Pelle’s goal, with Nemanja Matic making way just 28 minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute.

But this was not a performance for one scapegoat as Chelsea disintegrated against an excellent Southampton.

Mourinho insisted there were no prima donnas or ostriches at Chelsea and his players accepted criticism, but Terry – making his second start in six games, the other at Walsall – might as well have had his head in the sand when a Tadic corner was floated over towards Jose Fonte. Had the ball been a foot lower, it would have been 1-0 to