Romeo Lavia and Adam Armstrong got on the scoresheet for Southampton to condemn Chelsea to their second straight defeat on the road.
Lavia became the first player born in 2004 to score in the Premier League when he equalised for the Saints. Armstrong later made it 2-1 as the hosts stunned Chelsea.
Raheem Sterling gave the Blues the lead but Southampton ultimately turned the game around at St Mary’s.
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Chelsea might be a team in transition with more big-name and big-money arrivals just around the corner courtesy of bullish new owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali.
But the top-four-hunting Blues should still not be in the business of losing a clash like this against a remodelled and youthful, but admittedly gritty, Southampton.
Ralph Hasenhuttl’s rejuvenated Saints jumped ahead of Chelsea into seventh place in the table, with a major win for the south coast men.
The Blues were left to lick the wounds of two costly defeats on their travels, just five games into the new campaign.
Chelsea can expect to slip further down the embryonic table after Wednesday’s fixtures, with Tuchel’s rebuilding job clearly boasting great promise but not yet delivering.
A central striker could hardly be more craved by a Chelsea side so creatively capable, but so far too reliant on Sterling’s finishing powers.
The Blues will now hope even more to complete the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona, while centre-back Wesley Fofana’s move from Leicester is expected to be announced shortly.
Chelsea settled faster and set about stretching the Saints set-up.
Sterling latched onto a neat through-ball, smartly shifting direction to create space and a fine opening.
But the former Manchester City star could only scuff his effort, gifting Gavin Bazunu an easy save.
Sterling got round the back shortly afterwards in another sharp Chelsea move, but Mason Mount could not beat the defence to the cutback.
England forward Sterling continued to threaten by racing through, but the 27-year-old opted to go it alone rather than square to the unmarked Kai Havertz.
Sterling did finally put the Blues ahead with a calm finish on the turn after another incisive move from the visitors.
But just when Chelsea should have built on that 1-0 lead, Saints started to open up Tuchel’s team.
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