The Spanish midfielder, who played for the second time as a starter with the ‘Blues’, was a fundamental piece in the midfield of Thomas Tuchel’s men, despite his bad luck going to the door.
Saúl returned to occupy the pivot role alongside Mateo Kovacic, but had more presence and more arrival at the top than in previous games and fewer errors when getting the ball played.
What’s more, the footballer on loan from Atlético de Madrid enjoyed some of the best chances of the match. In the first half with a header to the squad that the Southampton goalkeeper took him, Fraser Forster, and in the second 45 minutes with another shot that the rival goalkeeper caught and, above all, with a shot from the front that left licking the stick.
This was just Saúl’s fourth appearance in the Chelsea jersey and the first time he completed ninety minutes. The number ’17’ of Stamford Bridge He was also a starter against him Aston Villa on matchday 4 of the Premier and came off the bench against him Villa on Cup from League and against him Malmoe on Champions League.