Tottenham 3-1 Southampton: Saints suffer the earliest relegation in the history of the Premier League

Southampton has suffered the earliest relegation in the history of the Premier League after a 3-1 defeat in Tottenham, as the saints remain on their way to the lowest points in the competition.

Double-double half-time Brennan Johnson and a penalty for stopping Mathys Tel, after Mateus Fernandes 90. Minute goal, Southampton was shifted with seven remaining matches-a previous record of six matches-for the direct return to the championship.

But the nightmare season of the South Coast could get even worse, and Ivan Juric on 10 points was still a point from equalizing the lowest ever in the Premier League season, held by Derby district, who succeeded in 11 in 2007/08.

The powerful Southampton provided the perfect opponent of the Spurs to build a little confidence and momentum ahead of the quarter-final first part of the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday against Eintracht Frankfurt at Tottenham Hotspur.

The victory was also a welcome relief for the head of Spurs under pressure of Ange Postecoglou as the Spurs finished their four games in the league to move up to 13th place in the table.

Prior to the start, hundreds of Tottenham fans protested outside the terrain against the ownership of the club and the chairman of Daniel Levy – the second protest organized by the ‘Change for Tottenham’ after March in February ahead of the home game against Manchester United.

But the frustrations of these supporters were temporarily placed on one side while Johnson launched the insertion into the 13th minute lead, while first ended up from the cross Santa Special.

The five -minute Var check was then denied by Lucas Bergvall, doubled the lead because Cristian Romero ruled offsid in the accumulation, but three minutes later, Johnson scored his second in the 42nd minute after some poor saints who defended that summarized their sad season.

The Saints trip fans had something to cheer up in the 90th minute while Fernandes hit home from close range to give them hope that they were unlikely to come back.

But it was quickly extinguished six minutes later, because Wellington overthrew Johnson within the area and Tel turned cocurism to confirm the relegation of Saints with a defeat of the 25th League in the season.

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