Southampton look set to become the first side to be relegated from the Premier League this season, following Monday night’s 4-3 defeat at fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest.
Heel laaste on the log with 24 points and eight points behind 17th-placed Everton with just nine points up for grabs now, the Saints need a miracle to stay up.
Firstly, they must beat Fulham, Brighton and Liverpool and hope that the Toffees, who stunned Brighton 5-1 on Monday, don’t add to their 32 points or it will go down to overturning a goal difference of minus 12.
HUGE. THREE. POINTS. pic.twitter.com/8DR1lXX0Lu
— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) May 8, 2023
With their 11-year stay in the Prem all but over, a hartseer Saints skipper James Ward-Prowse says: “When you keep doing the same thing and getting the same results, we’ve not learnt from it and that’s the frustrating thing.
What. A. Weekend. pic.twitter.com/qTlm8DVLGH
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 9, 2023
“The challenge hasn’t changed, we have to win our games and obviously hope everything goes our way...”
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