Goals by Tammy Abraham, N’Golo Kante, Mason Mount and Michy Batshuayi were all Chelsea needed to claim the three points against Southampton.
The visitors to St Mary’s took the lead on 17 minutes as Abraham was sent through by Callum Hudson-Odoi and lobbed in for his eighth goal of the season.
Seven minutes later Mason Mount doubled the lead, but Danny Ings halved the deficit on the half-hour, guiding in Yan Valery’s cross.
N’Golo Kante’s deflected shot restored Chelsea’s two-goal advantage before the break.
Angus Gunn denied Hudson-Odoi early in the second half but could not stop Michy Batshuayi adding a late fourth after he combined with fellow substitute Christian Pulisic.
Chelsea rise to fifth, on 14 points.
Chelsea stars took to the social media to celebrate their 4-1 win at St. Mary’s:
César Azpilicueta@CesarAzpi
3 big points before the international break💪🏻💙 Fans were class as always 🙌🏻🙌🏻 #KTBFFH
Callum Hudson-Odoi@Calteck10
Another massive 3 points and a solid team performance, happy to get another assist!!!🔵🔥
kepa Arrizabalaga@kepa_46
Great 3 points and a good week for us before the international break! Come on @chelseafc
Mason Mount@masonmount_10
Great performance going into the international break. Happy to get on the scoresheet once again! 💙👊🏼 #CFC
Tammy Abraham@tammyabraham
Thank you travelling fans 💙 another 3 points 3️⃣⚽️ enjoyed that one 🤩
Michy Batshuayi @mbatshuayi
Linkup 💯 Batsman x Captain America 💙 #KPTBFFH
Willian@willianborges88
A great team performance today! Fourth win in a row. We have to keep working hard because there is still a lot to improve! Come on Chelsea!!!💪🏿💙
Grande trabalho em equipe hoje! Quatro vitórias em sequência. Vamos seguir trabalhando forte, pois ainda há muito a melhorar!💪🏿💙
Mateo Kovačić@Mateo_Kova23
And now we can go to #internationalbreak 🇭🇷
⚽⚽⚽⚽ #FourthWinInARow #whatagame @chelseafc💪💙
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