Southampton v Tottenham: Premier League – live
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80 mins: Fernandes heads the ball into the net but he’s a mile off-side. Good delivery from the right and Saints fans were off their seats. But not to be. 79 mins: Dibling keeps shooting and he’s getting closer. Picks up a loose ball on the edge of the area and whips in a shot with his left outside of the box. It’s wide, but not by much as he went for the top corner.
![[James Maddison (R) celebrates scoring the team's fifth goal.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d6e2fe4b7349b124661297690ad5de4bc36202f9/78_66_2219_1331/master/2219.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
75 mins: This feels like one of those NBA matches where a team storms to a lead and then – for some strange reason I’ll never understand – agree to take their foot off the gas. Tottenham are barely trying. But that might change as Maddison, on a hat-trick, makes way for Timo Werner. The German will be desperate to prove his worth after some harsh words from his manager. He won’t cruise in second gear. Alfie Dorrington comes on to make his senior debut as well.
73 mins: Tottenham, with Kulusevski, find themselves in the Saints box. But they can’t work the chance. Southampton launch a counter and Dibling, off his left foot from the right of the box, delivers a whipping shot. It’s straight at Forster. The young lad is fighting til the end. He deserves better than this.
Ingo Herzke has delivered a beauty on half-time sackings:. Regarding Pat’s query – there’s a famous example from Germany’s 2nd division, exactly 25 years ago today (Dec. 15 1999). Toni Schumacher was managing Fortuna Cologne, who had a very colourful chairman at the time:.
Jean Löring. After a spell of bad results they were trailing 0-2 at home to Mannheim at half time, Löring stormed into the dressing room and shouted: “Piss off, you wanker! I never want to see you again.” (That’s how Schumacher told it in his memoir.) To the press afterwards he spoke the immortal words: “As the club, I had to act.” Classic.
