Southampton 2-3 Leicester City: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Saints humiliated in relegation six-pointer
In their 3-2 loss to Leicester City on Saturday afternoon at St Mary’s, Russell Martin’s Southampton team gave up a two-goal lead.
The home team earned a quick free kick, moved the ball wide to Ryan Manning, who squared over for Cameron Archer to finish from
close range, and Archer scored in the eighth minute.
Kyle Walker-Peters’ excellent play on the left flank, where he drove into the area and passed across goal to Joe Aribo for a simple
finish, allowed Southampton to double their advantage in the 28th minute.
After a low cross from Abdul Fatawu’s right of the six-yard box ricocheted off of Facundo Buonanotte and into the net in the 65th
minute, Foxes manager Steve Cooper watched his team cut their lead in half. Less than ten minutes later, Jamie Vardy equalised from
the penalty spot.
Harry Winks sent a pass from a corner to the edge of the box for Jordan Ayew to score the game’s winning goal in the eighth minute of
second-half stoppage time. With eight games played, Leicester is now in 13th place with nine points.
Southampton, on the other hand, has lost all eight of its games, is currently in bottom position in the Premier League with only one
point, and has given up 18 goals, which is the second-highest amount in the
Walker-Peters should also get credit for Southampton’s opening goal because he drove the ball from well inside his own half into
Leicester’s penalty area and then passed it to Manning, who squared the ball to Archer.
Given that multiple players linked up on the left flank to create a one-on-one between Walker-Peters and Justin, who made it far too
easy for his opponent to drive into the box, manager Martin may be especially happy with his team’s second goal..
It appeared as though Southampton would cling on for a draw even after Vardy converted a penalty with 25 minutes remaining, but
Ayew managed to get free on the edge of the box and head home Winks’ delivery from a corner deep into stoppage time in the second half.
OUTHAMPTON VS. LEICESTER CITY HIGHLIGHTS
8th min: Southampton 1-0 Leicester City (Cameron Archer)
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Southampton work the ball to the left flank towards Ryan Manning, who fires a low cross into the box but the ball takes a deflection
and lands at the feet of Cameron Archer just yards out in the centre of the goal.
He could hardly miss!
28th min: Southampton 2-0 Leicester City (Joe Aribo)
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Southampton score their second thanks to Joe Aribo’s finish into the bottom-right corner after Southampton isolate Kyle Walker-
Peters against James Justin, who fails to defend the full-back’s square cross into the penalty area.
A very similar goal to the first!
65th min: Southampton 2-1 Leicester City (Facundo Buonanotte)
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Leicester City pull one back thanks to Facundo Buonanotte, who is in the right place at the right time to see the ball bounce off him
and past Aaron Ramsdale after Abdul Fatawu drives into the penalty area from the right and fires a low cross into the box.
Leicester are back in it!
74th min: Southampton 2-2 Leicester City (Jamie Vardy)
Ryan Fraser is given a straight red card for pulling on Jamie Vardy in the box after Ramsdale’s save, which stops the Leicester forward
from scoring. Despite this, Vardy scores the penalty and receives his goal after the VAR suggests that referee Anthony Taylor look at the monitor.
All square now!
98th min: Southampton 2-3 Leicester City (Jordan Ayew)
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Leicester have a corner in the dying seconds of the game and Harry Winks plays the ball low to the edge of the penalty area, where
Jordan Ayew is completely unmarked and fires into the bottom-right corner.
Ayew has won it!
MAN OF THE MATCH – ABDUL FATAWU
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Despite playing just 59 minutes, Abdul Fatawu had a significant impact because of his direct pace, talent, and intensity, which continuously threatened Southampton’s defence.
The youthful winger had the most touches in the box of any player on the pitch with seven, winning four of his seven duels and completing two dribbles.
Shortly after entering the game, Fatawu not only scored the assist for Buonanotte’s goal, but he also drove forcefully and intentionally into the penalty area, playing a low cross into the danger zone.
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