Chelsea ran out 5-1 victors over Southampton, as the Blues put in another fine performance to climb up to second in the league, and seven points behind leaders Liverpool.

Southampton defender James Bree however feels that losing 5-1 to Chelsea was not a true reflection of the game.

Bree believes his team played well, and shouldn’t have lost 5-1.

According to Bree, the red card also changed the game for Southampton.

Bree said after the game: “It was a strange game, obviously, we conceded five goals. That’s a problem. It’s a weird one because I want to come here and say at times we played some really good football.

“(At times) we cut through them and caused some problems but I think when they got the third goal, and we were down to 10 men, I think it was always going to be an uphill battle.

“We tried hanging in there and making a game of it. If we put away a couple of the chances we had, maybe it could have been a different game.

“I think 5-1 at the end of the day probably flatters them a little bit.”