Whether it was a Fortnum & Mason selection box or a stash of Freddos we may never know but after Thomas Tuchel said he munched his way through copious amounts of chocolate to soothe the pain of reliving Chelsea’s defeat to Real Madrid in midweek, his team displayed a ravenous appetite to make amends by bludgeoning Southampton.
Chelsea picked their opponents apart, Timo Werner and Mason Mount scored twice and Marcos Alonso and Kai Havertz also struck inside 54 minutes. Luckily for Southampton, Chelsea did not overly exert themselves from there, presumably because by that point they were thinking about boarding Monday’s flight to Spain, the return leg in mind.
