Southampton supervisor Ivan Juric in the course of the loss that confirmed their relegation (Glyn KIRK)
Southampton have been relegated from the Premier League in record-setting time after a 3-1 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday ended their temporary keep within the top-flight.
Brennan Johnson struck twice within the first half and Mateus Fernandes’s late reply was too late to cease backside of the desk Southampton crashing again to the Championship.
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Overwhelmed for the twenty fifth time in 31 video games, Southampton are the primary Premier League group to be relegated with seven matches nonetheless to play.
Ipswich and Derby have been relegated with six video games left in 1994-95 and 2007-08 respectively.
Ivan Juric’s aspect are additionally nonetheless one shy of matching Derby’s 2007-08 report low Premier League whole factors of 11.
Juric, whose group are with out a win of their final seven league matches, admitted this week that avoiding the report low factors tally is Southampton’s solely goal for the remainder of their dismal season.
“It is a troublesome day, a tricky day however I see the followers, how they love their gamers and their group. It is one thing unbelievable,” Juric mentioned.
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“This expertise has to serve to create one thing stronger than this. Now you will need to take into consideration the subsequent sport after which we are going to see all the things (concerning the future).
“I feel we did superb within the second half. Extra depth and technically we performed higher. I need to see that second half efficiency within the subsequent seven video games.”
Southampton have been pushed to the brink of relegation when fourth-bottom Wolves got here from behind to beat Ipswich 2-1 on Saturday, leaving Saints 22 factors from security.
Their slide right down to the second tier was confirmed 315 days after they clinched promotion by beating Leeds within the Championship play-off ultimate at Wembley.
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Russell Martin was architect of Southampton’s success within the Championship with an attacking method, however his insistence on sticking to these techniques backfired badly within the high flight.
Martin was sacked in December after a 5-0 defeat towards Tottenham left Southampton backside of the desk with simply 5 factors from 16 video games.
Former Roma boss Juric was employed to interchange Martin on an 18-month contract, however the Croatian was unable to save lots of Southampton from taking place with a whimper.
– No reprieve –
Tottenham have been in turmoil themselves for a lot of the season, with fan protests towards chairman Daniel Ley earlier than and in the course of the sport underlining the depth of the issues in north London.
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However under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou, who was jeered by Tottenham followers throughout Thursday’s defeat at Chelsea, earned just a little respiratory house at Southampton’s expense.
Attempting to keep away from their lowest end since 1993-94 — after they got here fifteenth — Tottenham’s first win in 5 league video games lifted them to thirteenth place.
It was a much-needed increase earlier than their Europa League quarter-final first leg towards Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.
Postecoglou’s males took the lead within the thirteenth minute when Johnson fired into the roof of the web from Djed Spence’s cut-back for his fifteenth objective in all competitions this season.
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That spelt doom for Southampton, who have not gained a single league sport this season after conceding the opening objective.
Wales ahead Johnson doubled Tottenham’s benefit with a composed end from James Maddison’s header within the forty second minute.
Regardless of their group’s predicament, Southampton followers packed into one nook of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium hadn’t misplaced their sense of humour, chanting “Que sera, sera… we will Coventry” because the clock ticked down on their keep within the high tier.
In a second of high quality at odds with their woeful marketing campaign, Fernandes chested down and fired previous Tottenham keeper Guglielmo Vicario within the ninetieth minute.
There was no late comeback as Wellington fouled Johnson and Mathys Tel transformed the penalty to substantiate Southampton’s demise.
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