Dibling shot over before Sulemana again beat Yoro, then ran past both Matthijs de Ligt and Martinez before bending a shot narrowly wide.
Browsing: Southampton
The win moved them off the bottom of the table as the hosts celebrated not only the win but also their first clean sheet of the season.
However, with anticipation in top gear, the big question by anticipating fans remains: who will win the Championship playoffs?
The 29-year-old joins Burnley from Turkish side Besiktas and is their seventh signing ahead of their return to the top flight.
Southampton have announced the appointment of Russell Martin as their new manager on a three-year deal.
They beat bottom club Southampton and the result meant Southampton’s 10-year stay in the top-flight look to be coming to an end.
Gary O’Neil’s squad leapfrogged West Ham United into 14th place with 36 points from 33 games, seven points clear of the drop zone.
Early strikes from Carlos Alcaraz and Theo Walcott were not in the script for the table-toppers, who cut the deficit in half through Gabriel Martinelli before the Saints restored their two-goal advantage through Duje Caleta-Car.
The 39-year-old was initially placed in temporary charge for the second time this season following the dismissal of Nathan Jones, just three months after Ralph Hasenhuttl was relieved of his duties shortly before the World Cup break.
The 6ft 7ins forward is expected to move to Saints on a three-and-a-half-year contract where he will be tasked with helping the club survive relegation from the Premier League.
The 23-year-old has been in top form for French Ligue 1 side FC Lorient this season, with 10 goals in 15 matches in the country’s top division.
Jones takes over from Ralph Hasenhuttl at St Mary’s after the Austrian manager was sacked on Monday.
Stuart Armstrong netted a deserved second-half equaliser for the home side, with the result moving Arsenal to 28 points from 11 games, two ahead of second-placed Manchester City.
The Nigerian international netted his second goal in the Premier League as he put Saints in front against Everton on Saturday at St Mary’s, only for Conor Coady to equalise just three minutes later before Dwight McNeil completed the turnaround as the Toffees headed back to Merseyside with all three points.
Teenage midfielder Lavia became the first player born in 2004 to score in the Premier League with a fine strike at St Mary’s Stadium.
Spurs surprisingly fell behind inside 12 minutes of their home opener in the north London sunshine, with Saints captain James Ward-Prowse defying an intense start from the hosts to volley home Moussa Djenepo’s cross from 18 yards.
Spurs finished fourth in the table last season and are therefore preparing for a return to the Champions League, while Southampton were 15th, just five points clear of the relegation zone.
Aribo, signed by Saints this week, reached the Europa League final with Rangers last term.
The Nigeria international penned a four-year deal at St Mary’s on Saturday, signing from Scottish giants Rangers for a fee understood to be an initial £6million, which could rise in add-ons.
Aribo, who scored 26 goals in 149 appearances for Rangers following his 2019 move from Charlton, had earlier thanked the Glasgow giants on social media for “an amazing journey being part of this special club”.