Chelsea wasn't so reliant on Cole Palmer this time. On a frustrating evening for the England star, his Chelsea teammates stepped up — as demanded by their manager — to share the goals in a 4-0 thrashing of last-place Southampton in the Premier League on Tuesday.

Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler could hardly have wished for a better response to his team's 7-0 thrashing at Nottingham Forest at the beginning of February. Since then, the Seagulls have beaten Chelsea twice - in the Premier League and FA Cup - Southampton and now Bournemouth to reignite their hopes of securing European football next season.

Ryan: Far, far too easy for Brighton to play against us. Defensively shocking and no attacking impetus either. Starting to sound like a broken record but it's just not good enough and I can't see us bouncing back up next year either. Need a complete reset next year -manager, players and coaches - to clear the deadwood and rot hanging over the club.

SPORT has you covered for all the latest Premier League news as a jam-packed weekend of action begins. After the FA Cup and UEFA competitions took centre-stage over the last week, the Premier

Ivan Juric is not messing about. The Southampton boss has made five changes to the side that were smashed by Brighton. Yakinuri Sugawara, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Flynn Downes, Will Smallbone ...