Southampton was relegated to the Premier League in record time after a 3-1 defeat in Tottenham on Sunday ended his brief stay at the top. Brennan Johnson struck twice in the first half and the late response from Mateus Fernandes was too late to stop at the bottom of the Southampton table crashed in the championship. Beaten for the 25th time in 31 games, Southampton is the first Premier League team to be relegated with seven matches to play. Ipswich and Derby were relegated with six games to play in 1994-95 and 2007-08 respectively.
Ivan Juric’s team is also still a timid to match the total record points of derby in 2007-08 of 11.
Juric, whose team is without victory in his last seven championship games, has admitted this week to avoid the record of low points is the only objective of Southampton for the rest of their lamentable season.
“It’s a difficult day, a difficult day but I see fans, how they like their players and their team. It’s something incredible,” said Joric.
“This experience should be used to create something stronger than that. Now it is important to think about the next game, then we will see everything (about the future).
“I think we did very well in the second half. More intensity and technically, we played better. I want to see this performance in the second half in the next seven games.”
Southampton was pushed to the edge of relegation when the wolves of the fourth bottom came from behind to beat Ipswich 2-1 on Saturday, leaving the saints 22 points of security.
Their slide up to the second level was confirmed 315 days after winning the promotion by beating Leeds in the final of the championship qualifiers in Wembley.
Russell Martin was an architect of Southampton’s success in the championship with an attacking approach, but his insistence to stick to these tactics turned badly into the elite.
Martin was dismissed in December after a 5-0 defeat against Tottenham left Southampton at the bottom of the table with only five points of 16 games.
The former boss of Roma Juric was hired to replace Martin on an 18 -month contract, but the Croatian could not prevent Southampton from descending with a groan.
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Tottenham was inductor themselves for a large part of the season, with fan demonstrations against President Daniel Ley before and during the match highlighting the depth of the problems in northern London.
But the boss under the fire Ange Postcoglou, who was mocked by Tottenham fans during Thursday’s defeat in Chelsea, deserved a small breathing space at the cost of Southampton.
Trying to avoid their lower final since 1993-1994 – when they came the 15th – Tottenham’s first victory in five championship games brought them to 13th place.
It was an essential boost before their first stage of the quarter -final of the Europa League against Eintracht Francfurt on Thursday.
The Postcoglou men took the lead in the 13th minute when Johnson fired on the roof of the net from the Djed Spence Cup for his 15th goal in all competitions this season.
This spent Doom for Southampton, who has not won a single championship match this season after conceding the opening goal.
Wales Johnson’s striker has doubled the advantage of Tottenham with a finish made up of James Maddison’s head in the 42nd minute.
Despite the difficult situation of their team, Southampton fans were packed in a corner of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium had not lost their sense of humor, singing “that will be, will be … We are going to Coventry” while the chronometer coaled on their stay in the upper level.
In a moment of quality in contradiction with their bad campaign, Fernandes collapsed and pulled before the goalkeeper of Tottenham Guglielmo Vicario in the 90th minute.
There was no late return when Wellington dirty Johnson and Mathys Telle converted the penalty to confirm the disappearance of Southampton.
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