Paul Merson says Mason Mount ‘got eaten up’ during Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Southampton on Saturday afternoon.
The Blues remain 10th in the Premier League and 10 points behind fourth-placed Newcastle United after Ward-Prowse’s superb free kick in the first half sealed a win for Southampton at Stamford Bridge.
After a poor first half, Chelsea created more chances in the second half but failed to find an equaliser, leaving them with just one win in their last 10 games in all compeitions.
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Mount, meanwhile, was among the Chelsea stars who struggled to impress and his miserable afternoon was ended just after the hour mark as he was replaced by Kai Havertz.
‘I don’t see this stopping, I don’t,’ Merson told Sky Sports when analysing Chelsea’s latest defeat.
‘They’re bought a lorry load of individuals, I’m afraid. They’ve not bought anybody for the team, it’s all dribblers.
‘Forget Enzo Fernandez, he’s a top player, he’s a holding midfield player but the others… Mount played today and he got eaten up.
‘People were dribbling, there were no phases of the game, it’s only when [Kai] Havertz came on and he started playing with [Joao] Felix and [Raheem] Sterling that there were passages of play.
‘But I don’t see this stopping. I think this is a massive, massive, massive interview now coming up for Graham Potter. Chelsea fans will be fuming, they won’t want to come for this, ‘oh Southampton have got a new manager so that helped them’.
‘If you don’t beat Southampton at home their goalkeeper should be the best player on the pitch and he wasn’t the best player on the pitch.’
