John Terry reacts to Chelsea defeat against Southampton, names the player Chelsea missed.

Chelsea Legend, John Terry has reacted to Chelsea's humiliating defeat at St. Mary's stadium last night.

Chelsea crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat against Southampton as their rocky start to the Premier League season took a turn for the worse on Tuesday.

Thomas Tuchel’s side blew the lead at St Mary’s after Raheem Sterling put them ahead midway through the first half.

England forward Sterling bagged his third goal in two games with a close-range strike in the 23rd minute.

But Chelsea had squandered a host of chances before Sterling’s opener and, not for the first time in Tuchel’s reign, their profligate finishing came back to haunt them.

Romeo Lavia equalised in the 28th minute with his first goal for Southampton, curling home from the edge of the area after Chelsea failed to clear a corner.

Adam Armstrong put Southampton ahead on the stroke of half-time as he took Romain Perraud’s pass and drilled a deflected shot past Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy.

Chelsea, beaten 3-0 at Leeds in their previous away fixture, were unable to muster a response as they slipped to a second defeat from their last three games.

With just two wins from their first five matches, the Blues are already five points behind leaders Arsenal, who play their game in hand against Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Despite a significant close-season spending spree, which is set to continue with several more signings mooted before Thursday’s transfer deadline, Chelsea are struggling to find any sustained momentum at present.

Chelsea Legend, John Terry has to this effect, reacted to Chelsea's poor run of form and named Reece James as the player Chelsea missed. He wrote on Twitter:

I hate seeing us get beat. 😡Southampton we’re very good , but We look very unbalanced at the minute. I can’t wait for the window to close and get our settled squad, team and formation. 💙
We miss Reece so much when he doesn’t play. 22 years old and a future captain in my opinion pic.twitter.com/RMg292QbOx
— John Terry (@JohnTerry26) August 31, 2022

While it is too early to write Chelsea out of the title race, Tuchel will be concerned by his team’s latest sloppy display — with key mistakes at both ends of the pitch — having already criticised them publicly after the Leeds loss.

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