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– Chelsea suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to bottom-of-the-table Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday, piling more pressure on manager Graham Potter.
– Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse scored a free-kick just before half-time which proved enough to edge his relegation-threatened side to victory at Stamford Bridge.
– The result — leaving Chelsea still with just a single victory in 10 games this calendar year — puts an end to a poor week for the west London club that also saw them fall to a late away defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie.
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– Potter left Brighton to replace Thomas Tuchel in September but has struggled to revive Chelsea’s fortunes, despite spending heavily in the January transfer window.
FULL-TIME Chelsea 0-1 Southampton
James Ward-Prowse silences the hosts as Southampton do the double over Chelsea for the first time in the #PL#CHESOU pic.twitter.com/MaNdeY0Wui
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 18, 2023
