The Canaries’ fate was sealed after goals from Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings, in conjunction with Burnley’s late comeback win over Watford, mean Dean Smith’s side can no longer escape the relegation zone.
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The visitors, meanwhile, have won just one of their last five top-flight matches and will be looking to return to winning ways after Wednesday’s thrilling draw against Leeds United.
Nuno’s side had lost their last three Premier League games and were wobbling again when Ollie Watkins cancelled out Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s opener.
The Hornets’ haul of 91 points saw them achieve automatic promotion back to the big time, whereas Villa ultimately fell short in their pursuit of European football.
Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men parked their Premier League problems as this competition once again provided a welcome distraction and shot in the arm for Saints.
The much-changed Gunners, who have won the competition a record 14 times, fell behind midway through the first half and could not find a way back.
The Reds’ attack looked rudderless as they failed to score for the second game in a row.
Both teams had several players missing from their squads for the first international held at Wembley without supporters
Spurs fell behind to a Danny Ings goal that showed exactly why Spurs are interested in signing the striker, but then it became the Son show, with Kane as his able understudy
Ings, Southampton’s top goalscorer with 25 goals in all competitions last season, has been linked with Tottenham Hotspur by British media ahead of Sunday’s English Premier League clash between both sides.
This became evident after the former England international got the 2020/2021 season up and running with a double in his side’s 3-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday
The Belgian playmaker beat Liverpool trio of Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Southampton striker Danny Ings, Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope and Leicester’s Golden Boot winner Jamie Vardy to the award.
Eddie Howe’s hosts remain three points below 17th-placed Watford, with an inferior goal difference and having played a game more ahead of next weekend’s season finale at Everton
The three players were absent for the struggling team’s 3-1 home defeat by Southampton in the English Premier League
With Daniel Farke’s six points adrift and fast running out of time, the rock-bottom Canaries desperately needed to make a winning return to Premier League action after a 104-day break due to the coronavirus pandemic
Matej Vydra’s stunning second-half strike earned Burnley a 2-1 victory against Southampton to move them into the top half of the Premier League table on a wet and wild Saturday at St Mary’s.
Michael Obafemi and Ronan Curtis have been catching Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy’s eye ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 play-off semi-final against Slovakia in March.
Southampton banished the memory of their 9-0 defeat to Leicester back in October and moved six points clear of the relegation zone with a well-deserved 2-1 victory at the King Power Stadium.
Ings fooled former Southampton defender Toby Alderweireld with a great piece of skill to fire the hosts in front in the 17th minute, and a laboured Tottenham rarely threatened.
Danny Ings capitalised on calamitous Crystal Palace defending to earn Southampton a 1-1 draw and a precious point in the fight for Premier League survival.