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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former England midfielder, Joe Cole, has accused Kurt Zouma of \u201cswitching off\u201d following Chelsea\u2019s 1-1 draw at Southampton on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Thomas Tuchel\u2019s unbeaten start in charge of the Blues remains intact, but the German looked frustrated on the touchline for most of the game.<\/p>\n

The Saints opened scoring in the 33rd minute after Nathan Redmond split Chelsea\u2019s defence with an incisive throw ball and Liverpool loanee Takumi Minamino kept his cool with a sublime finish to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n

Mason Mount equalised from the penalty spot and the points were shared as the match finished all square.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on Minamino\u2019s goal, Cole told BT Sport: \u201cIt was a lovely one-two from Redmond and as the ball gets played in, now you\u2019re talking about margins in football.<\/p>\n

\u201cAzpilicueta has a look to see where Danny Ings is so it\u2019s a good play. He\u2019s trying to switch on, he\u2019s trying to marshal his defence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel for Kurt, when you\u2019re in the middle of a back-three you can sometimes switch off because there\u2019s nobody to mark but switching off is exactly what he does.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinamino recognises there\u2019s just an inch of space and he runs into it and then it\u2019s all about the quality of pass.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former England midfielder, Joe Cole, has accused Kurt Zouma of \u201cswitching off\u201d following Chelsea\u2019s 1-1 draw at Southampton on Saturday. Thomas Tuchel\u2019s unbeaten start in charge of the Blues remains intact, but the German looked frustrated on the touchline for most of the game. 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