Chelsea player ratings: Southampton (N)

Chelsea booked their place in next month’s FA Cup final against Manchester United with a comprehensive 2-0 win against Southampton on Sunday.

A strong first-half showing from Antonio Conte’s men failed to yield any rewards as Willian and Eden Hazard ran proceedings with their incisive running and defence-splitting passes. The aforementioned Brazilian came closest to opening the scoring when his effort cannoned back off the crossbar, but at the break, both sides went in on level terms.

Whatever Conte said during the half-time break it definitely worked because within just 45 seceding of the restart Olivier Giroud had handed Chelsea the lead, rounding Alex McCarthy leaving the Southampton defence on the floor before poking into an open net.

It wasn’t surprising to see the Blues resort to a defensive style after the goal, and as a result, Southampton did have their opportunities to level the scores – with Nathan Redmond testing Willy Caballero before the Argentinian keeper clawed the ball off the line from the resulting corner.

Giroud was replaced by under fire forward Alvaro Morata, and within minutes the former Madrid man had headed Chelsea into a second FA Cup final in two years.

Here is how we rated the players after the game.