Tottenham 3-1 Southampton: Johnson brace confirms visitors´ record relegation

Southampton’s relegation from the Premier League was confirmed pursuing a 3-1 decision by Tottenham connected Sunday.

Brennan Johnson scored doubly astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, portion Mathys Tel was besides connected people from the punishment spot to consign Ivan Juric’s broadside to an contiguous instrumentality to the Championship.

The Saints are the archetypal broadside successful Premier League past to beryllium relegated with 7 matches inactive to play.

Johnson did the harm with a first-half brace, rounding disconnected a swift antagonistic successful the 13th minute, and doubling his tally by volleying location conscionable earlier half-time.

Mateus Fernandes halved the shortage with a neat decorativeness successful the 90th minute, but aft Welington felled Johnson successful the box, Tel’s stoppage-time punishment ended Spurs’ four-match winless league run.

Ange Postecoglou’s side, who had dropped to 16th spot pursuing Saturday’s results, climbed to 13th, with Southampton remaining rooted to the ft of the table.

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Data Debrief: Unwanted past for sinking Saints

Southampton person present been relegated successful 2 successive Premier League campaigns, having lone suffered the destiny doubly successful their archetypal 45 top-flight seasons.

Losing for the 25th clip successful their archetypal 31 games, the Saints are lone the 3rd squad to bash that successful a Premier League play aft Sunderland (2005-06) and Sheffield United (2020-21).

With his brace, Johnson took his Premier League extremity tally for the run into treble figures (11), achieving the feat successful a league play for the 3rd clip successful his career.

Tel sealed the triumph and, aged 19 years and 344 days, became the archetypal teen to people for Spurs successful the apical formation since Dele Alli successful April 2016 (19 years and 365 days against Manchester United).