Saints' Winning Away Run Ends At Tottenham

LONDON, United Kingdom- Southampton’s run of four successive away victories came to an end on their first visit to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as ten-man Spurs held on for a much-needed win of their own.

All the major talking points came in the first half, as Tanguy Ndombele fired the hosts in front, only for Mauricio Pochettino’s world to be turned upside down by the dismissal of Serge Aurier in the 31st minute for two quick-fire yellow cards.

Things went from bad to worse for the hosts when Danny Ings followed up his south coast derby heroics by embarrassing Hugo Lloris, as he robbed the goalkeeper in his own six-yard box to bundle the ball home for the equaliser.

But the decisive blow was inflicted by Harry Kane three minutes before the break, as Spurs’ talisman finished off a slick counter-attack to give his side a lead they were not prepared to throw away again.

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Saints enjoyed no shortage of second-half pressure, but Lloris made up for his earlier error by making stunning saves to deny James Ward-Prowse’s precise free-kick and Maya Yoshida’s powerful header.

Ralph Hasenhüttl initially made two changes to the Saints team victorious at Fratton Park for the first time in 35 years on Tuesday night.

Both were in attack, as Nathan Redmond and Sofiane Boufal returned at the expense of Ché Adams and Michael Obafemi.

But Hasenhüttl was dealt a blow shortly before kick-off with the news that Cédric had suffered an injury in the warm-up, so Jannik Vestergaard stepped in at late notice with Ward-Prowse operating at right wing-back.