Leicester scored three second-half targets to return from behind and stun 10-player Southampton, denying them a primary Premier League win of the season after a gripping 3-2 success at St Mary’s.
The outcome means Saints have set a membership report for the longest winless run of their complete top-flight historical past, having did not emerge victorious from any of their final 21 Premier League encounters.
Supervisor Russell Martin insisted he had no considerations about his future.
“No, [I don’t have fears about getting sacked,” he said. “I had a brilliant chat with Dragan [Solak, Southampton owner] and the fellows yesterday. We had a board assembly.
“It was deliberate, so you’ll be able to chill out. I would not provide you with any particulars if we have been sitting high of the Premier League.”
Inside 5 minutes, Joe Aribo had crashed a header onto the crossbar and inside seven minutes, the hosts had taken the lead. Kyle Walker-Peters led the cost after a fast free-kick and dropped the ball off to Ryan Manning, who squared for Cameron Archer to coolly slot in and ship a wave of each aid and perception round St Mary’s.
Aribo completed off the same transfer, with Walker-Peters the architect, to double the lead earlier than the half-hour and Saints flew out of the traps after the break, trying to end off the job so as to take their foot off the pedal considerably.
Leicester nonetheless had not had a shot heading in the right direction by the hour, so three factors have been inside their grasp. Till they weren’t any extra.
Abdul Fatawu had a near-immediate influence, attending to the byline and hanging a ball up that Facundo Buonanotte helped in on the far submit. Then, he rattled the crossbar with a shot from distance and examined Aaron Ramsdale shortly after the ball was stored in play.
Nevertheless, VAR noticed that, after the save, Ryan Fraser had held again Jamie Vardy and denied him a goalscoring alternative. Anthony Taylor went to the monitor and returned quickly after, with a pink card for Fraser and a penalty award to Leicester.
Vardy slammed dwelling the spot-kick to stage the sport and, from there, Saints have been, understandably deflated. It regarded as if they’d maintain on for a degree, however with one of many ultimate kicks of the sport, Jordan Ayew was discovered unmarked at a nook.
He squeezed a shot previous Ramsdale and into the underside proper nook to spark a refrain of boos and a mass exodus from the house followers.
Martin: Fraser’s sending off modified the sport – however winner was preventable
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Southampton boss Russell Martin was left annoyed along with his facet’s defending as they let a two-goal lead slip
Southampton supervisor Russell Martin:
“We’ve a person despatched off and it adjustments the context of the sport utterly. We began the sport brilliantly, performed so properly. I believed we began the second half rather well and regarded like we have been going to attain a 3rd purpose. Then they scored in opposition to the run of play.
“Even at 2-1, it was okay, it was high quality and it settled down a bit, then Ryan will get despatched off and it adjustments every part. They scored a penalty after that, the lads defended with absolute spirit, struggle and togetherness.
“We introduced Kamaldeen [Sulemana] to provide us one second within the field and he had it and did not benefit from it. Then we conceded. Somebody does not do what they’re requested to do from a nook, once more, identical as at Ipswich.
“We do [a lot of work on set-pieces] and we should always have scored one immediately. We defended brilliantly in opposition to the perfect set-piece group in Europe in opposition to Arsenal and immediately, we have been right down to 10 males, one individual had one job to do this would have stopped that purpose they usually did not.
“The priority is that the individual did not do it. It isn’t about element or lack of labor. It could be a priority if we had an absence of element, an absence of labor, but it surely’s about taking accountability and doing what you are requested to do.”
On whether or not he fears for his job after one other defeat: “No. I had a superb chat with Dragan [Solak, Southampton owner] and the fellows yesterday [Friday]. We had a board assembly.”
“It was deliberate, so you’ll be able to chill out. I would not provide you with any particulars if we have been sitting high of the Premier League.”
Cooper: Comeback confirmed how collectively Leicester are
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Leicester Metropolis supervisor Steve Cooper hopes coming from 2-0 right down to win 3-2 at Southampton will propel his facet on to having a ‘memorable’ season again within the Premier League
Leicester supervisor Steve Cooper:
“It ended up being a superb day and can hopefully be memorable for the season. We did not defend the targets properly sufficient within the first half, in fact, however I at all times felt we have been within the recreation.
“We missed a few probabilities within the first half from set-pieces, we hit the woodwork and thought we should always have accomplished higher within the first half, I used to be additionally fairly assured the sport may change.
“We requested the gamers at half-time, after the tactical issues and a number of the messages, to actually imagine in themselves, to actually again themselves and to stay collectively – and that is what we did. At this time’s a extremely good present of how collectively we’re.
“It is a good win for the supporters. It is the primary away win of the season, we have gone back-to-back and we have to take every part out of the sport immediately, study, proceed to enhance, proceed to attempt and we’ll proceed to get higher as properly.”