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Chelsea 2-0 Southampton: 5 Talking Points

Chelsea v Southampton - The Emirates FA Cup Semi Final
Chelsea v Southampton - The Emirates FA Cup Semi Final

Chelsea are into the FA Cup final for the 2nd year running. The Blues secured a 2-0 win over Southampton to seal a date with Manchester United in the FA Cup Final on 19th May.

Olivier Giroud scored a Messi-esque goal to give Chelsea the lead early in the 2nd half before Alvaro Morata scored late in the game to break all Southampton hopes.

Here are the 5 talking points from the game:

#5 Conte's last chance to save his job?

Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho were having a go at each other at the start of 2018. The feud got a little personal and people started to make assumptions that the Manchester United boss had got into the Chelsea counterpart's head.

The Blues were not able to get results and that made things worse for Conte. He was favourite to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked. However, Chelsea board has stayed put with the manager so far but the FA Cup Final might be the final chance for him to save his job.

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