Reports claim Saints want to swoop in and beat Scottish champions, Celtic, to the signing of exciting teenager Onyekuru
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The match was played at Saint Mary’s on Saturday
The Citizens returned to winning ways last time out and now enter a crucial fortnight in their season, while their opponents are seeking a top-half finish for a fourth year in succession
According to reports, Bournemouth, Liverpool and Southampton have been scouting the Eupen star, rivalling Celtic for his signature
The 17-year-old decided to move on to pastures new after he was told by the Emirates outfit he won’t be offered a professional contract
Dele Alli scored two of the goals
Spurs boss, Mauricio Pochettino, faces off against one of his former teams again today with the intention of prolonging his current side’s fine winning streak in North London, which has helped them into second place and through to the last four of the FA Cup
Southampton were the better team throughout the final
Mourinho won the competition on three separate occasions with Chelsea and his team will enter the showpiece event as the favourites to overcome a Saints outfit competing in just their second ever League Cup final
The Nigerian winger revealed his battle wound on Snapchat with the 20-year-old posting a picture of his foot along with a bandaged emoji
Southampton and Burnley made late deadline-day deals, while Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo moved from Watford to China for £20 million
Both teams showed 10 changes apiece from last time out, but it was the Gunners who eased their way to victory
The Saints have never beaten Arsenal in the FA Cup in their previous four meetings
During added-on time of his side’s fixture with Burnley on Sunday afternoon, Wenger was dismissed from the dugout for his reaction to the Clarets being awarded a penalty, before pushing the fourth official as he refused to walk down the tunnel
Claude Puel’s side, defending a 1-0 lead from the first leg, should have put the tie out of Liverpool’s reach inside the first 45 minutes
While Ndidi saw action for the entire 90 minutes, Musa replaced Shinji Okazaki in the 63rd minute of the tie
But Southampton can count themselves unlucky not to be in complete control of this battle for a place at Wembley
The Saints have been particularly good at home this season and their 2-0 loss to Chelsea two matchdays ago is their first in 10 home games over the course of the last two seasons
Goals in either half from Eden Hazard and Diego Costa made the difference as the Blues recorded their fourth successive win in the Premier League
The Saints have a lengthy injury list and are without Shane Long and Ryan Bertrand for the game against the Blues, but the latter faces a late fitness test following his recovery from a hamstring injury.conte