With the international break and the phoney wars of the transfer window now thankfully behind us, FPL managers can focus on the season ‘proper’.

Southampton 0 Manchester United 0: Jose Mourinho indicated David De Gea has played his last match of the season for Manchester United after the Spanish goalkeeper missed last night’s draw at Southampton.

Liverpool vice-captain James Milner apologised to his team-mates after his penalty miss cost the side victory against Southampton.

Chelsea have dealt Tottenham Hotspur a second painful blow in the space of four days as they followed an FA Cup semi-final victory over their rivals with a Deigo Costa-inspired 4-2 win against Southampton which extends their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points.

Diego Costa ended his lean streak with a double as Premier League leaders Chelsea beat Southampton 4-2 to restore their seven-point advantage over Tottenham.

Manchester United 3 Southampton 2: THERE was a time, believe it or not, when Zlatan Ibrahimovic was described as over-rated. The strutting martial arts enthusiast was labelled a flat-track bully who flattered to deceive on the big stage.

Everton 3, Southampton 0: On-loan striker Enner Valencia may have given Everton manager Ronald Koeman one less thing to think about in the January transfer window after his game-changing substitute appearance in the 3-0 victory over Southampton.

Southampton 1 Everton 0

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill was handed un unwanted headache last night after Shane Long was forced off injured in Southampton’s 1-0 Europa League defeat to Inter.

Southampton 1 Sunderland 1: Sam Allardyce admits Sunderland are now effectively fighting for a 17th-place finish in their bid to beat the drop.

Swansea 0 Southampton 1: Fraser Forster is among the best goalkeepers in Europe, according to Southampton team-mate Oriol Romeu.

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

West Ham 2 Southampton 1: Slaven Bilic gave his West Ham players all the credit for the half-time turnaround which saw them come from behind to beat Southampton 2-1.

Jamie Vardy missed two good chances to extend his goalscoring streak to 12 straight games but a Riyad Mahrez hat-trick sent Leicester back to the top of the Barclays Premier League.

Southampton 3 Swansea 1: Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk starred at both ends of the pitch against Swansea and boss Ronald Koeman believes he will get even better.

Southampton 3 Norwich 0: Ronald Koeman insists Victor Wanyama will still be a Southampton player when the summer transfer window closes on Tuesday evening despite the former Celtic man telling the Dutchman he wants leave St Mary’s.

Watford 0 Southampton 0: Southampton manager Ronald Koeman was keen to take the positives out of a scrappy stalemate that left both sides still searching for their first Barclays Premier League wins of the season.

With hawks swirling over Everton’s young players as transfer deadline day edges nearer, manager Roberto Martinez has reiterated his determination to keep his squad together following Saturday’s hugely impressive victory over Southampton.

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard will start tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash at Aston Villa as he bids for the club’s goalscoring record, interim manager Rafael Benitez confirmed.

Eden Hazard is available again following a calf injury for Champions League-chasing Chelsea’s crucial Barclays Premier League clash with Tottenham tomorrow night.

Goalkeeper Peter Cech is available following a calf strain for Chelsea’s Premier League trip to Newcastle.

Rafael Benitez was today still pondering his starting line-up for Chelsea’s World Club Cup final against Corinthians.

Rafael Benitez today confirmed Chelsea were looking to bring in reinforcements in January, saying cryptically: "We'll see if there are any surprises."

David Luiz has declared he would happily play as a makeshift midfielder at Chelsea.

Gianfranco Zola believes his experiences at Watford will aid him in his quest to land the Chelsea job at some point in the future.

Chelsea began turning their attention to plugging a hole in their midfield ranks today after Oriol Romeu was all but ruled out for the rest of the season.

Chelsea midfielder Oriol Romeu is expected to be out for six months after undergoing surgery on Monday, the Premier League club have announced.

Sunderland 1 Chelsea 3

Rafael Benitez recalled David Luiz and Oriol Romeu as Chelsea looked to avoid Champions League humiliation in tonight’s final Group E game against Nordsjaelland.

Rafael Benitez rang the changes again today as he dropped Oscar to the bench and recalled Juan Mata and Victor Moses for Chelsea’s Premier League game at West Ham.

Chelsea will be without the suspended David Luiz for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game at West Ham.

Oriol Romeu told his Chelsea team-mates they needed to “fight” to shake themselves out of their alarming slump after admitting it had left confidence in short supply.

Rafael Benitez was booed off instead of on to the field tonight after Chelsea produced a second straight bore draw in the west London derby against Fulham.

Gary Cahill has recovered from illness and is in contention for Chelsea’s west London derby with Fulham tomorrow night.

Rafael Benitez must decide whether to recall Fernando Torres for his first game in charge of Chelsea against Manchester City on Sunday.

Roberto Di Matteo was today deciding whether to axe Fernando Torres for Chelsea’s crunch Champions League game at Juventus.