Saints take big leap towards survival as Canaries look doomed

• Danny Ings was in superb fettle as he impressed Southampton to a 3-Zero win at Norwich City, who seem destined for the Championship.

Southampton took a big step towards confirming Premier League survival of their first match again after the Corona Virus suspension, successful 3-Zero at a Norwich City facet trying doomed to relegation.

Daniel Farke’s males started the competition brightly, with Teemu Pukki and Todd Cantwell trying full of life, however Saints quickly took maintain of proceedings and infrequently seemed like dropping factors.

With the second half simply three minutes previous, Danny Ings – who hit the publish earlier than the interval – beat Tim Krul with a superb curling effort from simply outdoors the field.

Southampton merely seemed fitter everywhere in the pitch at Carrow Road and it was 2-Zero within the 54th minute.

Stuart Armstrong latched on to Ing’s well-placed go, reduce on to his left foot and hit a fierce strike past the helpless Krul.

Former Canary Nathan Redmond sealed the win for Saints 11 minutes from time, darting previous the Norwich defence and guiding a left-footed effort into the bottom-right nook.

The end result takes Saints 10 factors away from the relegation zone, whereas Norwich stay 5 adrift on the backside of the desk, with these above them additionally having a sport in hand.

3+ – Southampton’s 3-Zero victory over Norwich City is their greatest away win within the Premier League since they defeated Sunderland 4-Zero on the Stadium of Light in February 2017 beneath Claude Puel. Expressive. #NORSOU pic.twitter.com/0JTBvzdbwp

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 19, 2020

Published 20 Jun 2020, 00:36 IST