Takumi Minamino had Mendy and Azpilicueta breakdancing with ice-cold finish vs Chelsea
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Takumi Minamino has been given a new lease of life at Southampton.
After a trying first 12 months at Liverpool, it made sense for everyone involved that the Japanese international sought more game time elsewhere in the Premier League.
And with Ralph Hasenhüttl’s side enjoying great success this season, albeit not recently, the south coast looked to be the perfect environment in which Minamino could thrive.
And Minamino looks to have made a dream start to life at St. Mary’s Stadium, adding to his first goal for the club at Newcastle United with a strike on home soil against Chelsea.
That’s no mean feat, by the way, considering that the Blues have looked watertight at the back since Thomas Tuchel replaced Frank Lampard in the Stamford Bridge hotseat.
But it was the ice in Minamino’s veins that ensured that Chelsea’s defence were made to look silly with Edouard Mendy and Cesar Azpilicuea left in positions you’d expect from break-dancers.
That’s because the Liverpool loanee showed incredible composure when played through on goal by Nathan Redmond, before finishing with aplomb to put the Saints 1-0 up. Check it out here:
The weather might be warming up, but Minamino has still got ice running through his veins.
More to follow.