http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/04/ under-21-report--southampton-0-chelsea-2.html Under-21 report: Southampton 0 Chelsea 2 Thu 30 Apr 2015 Our Under-21s won on the south coast to make it two wins in a row in the Under-21 Premier League as they moved up to sixth in the table. Six points behind league leaders Manchester United, the Blues are still in the hunt for the title with two games in hand on the Reds. The clash at St Mary's was settled by Chelsea goals in each half. Kasey Palmer escaped the close attention of three defenders and fired in a spectacular effort that flew into the far top corner. It remained 1-0 for over an hour before Dominic Solanke settled the game in added time with a composed finish. == Team news == Adi Viveash made six changes from the side that beat Everton a week previously as he fielded an all-English team for the second time in three league games. Mitchell Beeney, Jake Clarke-Salter, Charlie Colkett, Solanke, Tammy Abraham and Palmer all returned to the starting 11. Abraham led the line up front supported from out wide by Palmer and Alex Kiwomya, while Solanke operated in the number 10 midfield role ahead of captain Jordan Houghton and Colkett. Beeney replaced Jamal Blackman in goal, protected by a back four of Ola Aina, Dion Conroy, Clarke-Salter and Fanktay Dabo. == First half == The game began in a lively fashion with the visitors hitting the woodwork twice in the opening 15 minutes. Solanke had a low shot pushed away from danger by home goalkeeper Will Britt before Houghton's header rebounded back off the post following Palmer's driven corner from the left. Beeney saved routinely from Ryan Seager but Chelsea continued to probe and Palmer could count himself unlucky not to be celebrating the opener as his brilliant curling free-kick bounced off the top of the crossbar and behind. The young Blues' strong start was rewarded before the half-hour mark, though, as another brilliant goal from Palmer gave us the lead. The tricky midfielder used strength and trickery to get away from three defenders before bending an unstoppable effort into the far top corner, leaving Britt with no chance. The Saints could have levelled instantly as Jake Sinclair found space in the box but the forward slipped off balance at the crucial moment and missed the opportunity. That proved to be a rare forward foray for Southampton as Solanke's left-footed effort trickled wide, Clarke-Salter headed straight at the goalkeeper and then Britt saved again from Palmer before the break. == Second half == Southampton restarted with a greater threat in front of goal and Dominic Gape gave Viveash's side a warning as his free-kick flew over the bar. Sam McQueen's effort from 20 yards also had too much height to trouble Beeney, while Sinclair missed the target with a volleyed strike after a deep corner had made its way to the back post. Colkett hit a free-kick opportunity straight at the goalkeeper while substitute Jeremie Boga caused problems after his introduction as Chelsea grew stronger in the half. The Frenchman jinked his way into space down the left before floating the ball towards the back post. Goalkeeper Britt back-pedalled desperately and was relieved to see the ball bounce off the top of the bar and behind to safety. Substitutes Charly Musonda and Jay Dasilva combined to fashion a good opportunity after 79 minutes as the young Belgian clipped a lovely ball forward to the overlapping full-back down the left. The defender accelerated towards goal and arrowed a shot towards the far corner, though Britt was alert and able to palm the effort away. Down the other end, Beeney made an important stop to deny substitute Marcus Barnes a leveller. Gallagher advanced down the right and cut the ball back cleverly for the striker, whose low strike was on target but within grasping distance of the keeper. Solanke thought he had settled the game with five minutes remaining but Britt managed to get down low and excellently push his drive round the post with a fingertip save. There was still time for Musonda to hit the woodwork again and for Beeney to pull off a crucial stop to deny Josh Sims one-on-one. In stoppage time, the visitors sealed the victory as Solanke was slid in on goal by Kiwomya and the striker kept his composure to round the keeper and slot the ball into the empty net. The Under-21s return to action on Monday [4 May] as they travel to Motspur Park to take on Fulham. Kick-off is at 12.05pm and the game is live on Chelsea TV. Before then, our Under-18s travel to Manchester United on Saturday [2 May], kick-off 11am. Chelsea: Mitchell Beeney Ola Aina Dion Conroy Jake Clarke-Salter Fankaty Dabo (Jay Dasilva 69) Jordan Houghton (c) Charlie Colkett (Charly Musonda 73) Tammy Abraham Kasey Palmer Alex Kiwomya (Jeremie Boga 64) Dominic Solanke Unused subs: Bradley Collins, Reece Mitchell Scorer: Palmer 28; Solanke 90+3 Southampton: Will Britt, Bevis Mugabi, Josh Debayo, Dominic Gape, Jason McCarthy (c), Will Wood (Ollie Cook h/t), Sam Gallagher, Jake Hesketh, Ryan Seager (Marcus Barnes 77), Jake Sinclair (Josh Sims 68), Sam McQueen Unused subs: Cody Cropper, Alfie Jones Pictures courtesy of Mark Sandom. -- http://jamescaesar.pixnet.net/album/photo/110781933 永遠以摸過它為榮 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 59.115.102.98 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Chelsea/M.1430416986.A.E10.html ※ 編輯: JamesCaesar (114.36.34.166), 06/24/2015 01:56:19

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