Southampton’s captain, Jack Stephens, was sent off for pulling Marc Cucurella’s hair as the Premier League’s bottom club were thrashed 5-1 by high-flying Chelsea.
The defender Stephens was dismissed in the 39th minute having tugged the curls of Cucurella during an inexplicable moment of madness.
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