The lengthened Week 34 of the English Premier League sees Chelsea beat Southampton at Stamford Bridge to push their margin at the top of the Premier League to seven points with Spurs facing Crystal Place on Wednesday night.

Southampton’s visit to Stamford Bridge was not a match that Mauricio Pochettino would have pinned his Premier League hopes on. And yet it was still a stern test for a Chelsea side that still had the sound of defeats to Crystal Palace and Man Utd ringing in their ears. But what better way to silence the demons than a good old fashioned early goal.

Antonio Conte made a few people spill their Starbucks coffee after reading the line-up for the FA Cup Semi-Final against Spurs. Both Diego Costa and Eden Hazard, the two most proficient attacking tools in Chelsea’s toolkit, left on the bench.

But it was an inspired move.