Manchester: Gareth Bale produced yet another moment of magic to keep Tottenham on course for a return to the Champions League, while Wigan boosted their survival hopes in the English Premier League with a come-from-behind win at West Bromwich Albion. Playing his first match since being named English football's player of the year, Bale cut inside from the right in the 86th minute and smashed a long-range strike into the corner to earn Spurs a 1-0 win over former club Southampton.
"It was a great moment of individual brilliance to win the game," Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas said. Wigan set up their trademark late rally to avoid relegation with a 3-2 victory at The Hawthorns, keeping the team third-from-bottom but provisionally reducing the gap to Sunderland to two points.
Aston Villa took a giant step to safety by winning 2-1 at Norwich, who are only three points clear of Wigan having played a game more. Newcastle are level on points with Norwich after drawing 0-0 at West Ham. Manchester City dropped points in their bid to finish second by drawing 0-0 at Swansea while already-relegated Reading earned some respite by winning 4-2 at mid-table Fulham.
Bale was having a quiet game by his high standards until he burst into life with four minutes remaining, arrowing in a low shot that saw White Hart Lane erupting and adding more value to his price tag. It was Bale's eighth winning goal this campaign and he is almost carrying Spurs
10:39 PM, May 04, 2013
London: Southampton captain Adam Lallana has signed a new five-year deal at the Premier League club, Saints announced on Thursday. The attacking midfielder, who turns 25 next month, follows goalkeeper Kelvin Davis, striker Rickie Lambert, as well as midfielders Morgan Schneiderlin and Jason Puncheon who have all signed new contracts in recent months. Lallana struck his third top-flight goal in last weekend's win over Reading, which took him to a...
09:04 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Manager Nigel Adkins benched the Poland international after he tossed the bottle at his own fans during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 win in October. ...
01:24 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Rickie Lambert extended his contract with Southampton by two years until 2016. ...
02:23 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Southampton took a big step toward avoiding relegation from the Premier League by beating Liverpool 3-1 to provisionally move seven points clear of the drop zone. ...
10:51 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Southampton players mobbed referee Mark Clattenburg when he pointed to the spot in the third minute of stoppage time. ...
11:51 PM, Mar 12, 2013
City scored only through Edin Dzeko at the end of the first half as Roberto Mancini's side slumped to a third winless game. ...
12:57 AM, Feb 10, 2013
Southampton are now four points out of the relegation zone in 15th place, while Everton remain in fifth, three points behind fourth-place Tottenham. ...
08:17 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Southampton sacked manager Nigel Adkins on Friday and replaced him with Argentine Mauricio Pochettino in a surprise move that came just as their Premier League results were starting to improve. ...
06:36 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Demba Ba and Hazard gave Chelsea a comfortable half-time lead before the third-place side experienced their second consecutive home setback. ...
03:57 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Arsenal lost valuable ground in the chase for a top-four spot in the Premier League by drawing 1-1 at Southampton. ...
01:11 AM, Jan 02, 2013
Southampton: Southampton moved out of the Premier League relegation zone for the first time this season by beating Reading 1-0 on Saturday from Jason Puncheon's second-half goal. Puncheon scored in the 61st minute at St. Mary's Stadium, his right-footed strike sliding across goalkeeper Adam Federici and into the far corner of the net for his second league goal of the season. Southampton rose three spots to 15th place, two points...
11:43 PM, Dec 08, 2012
London: Holders Chelsea will face Premier League opposition in the third round of the FA Cup after Sunday's draw gave them a tricky start to their defence away to Southampton. Last season's runners-up Liverpool will play at either Lincoln City or Mansfield Town, two former Football League clubs now playing their trade in the minor leagues of English soccer. The plumb tie of the round features West Ham United at...
10:26 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Liverpool: Liverpool recorded only its second win in seven Premier League matches by beating Southampton 1-0 from Daniel Agger's first-half goal on Saturday. The Denmark center back scored in the 43rd minute with a header for his first goal of the season and his fifth in 133 league appearances. It was Liverpool's third home victory of the season and back-to-back league wins at Anfield for the first time since September...
01:45 AM, Dec 02, 2012
Birmingham: Peter Odemwingie scored twice to give West Bromwich Albion a 2-0 win over last-place Southampton in the Premier League on Monday, lifting his team to fifth place while increasing the pressure on visiting manager Nigel Adkins. Southampton suffered their fifth straight away loss and have now conceded 28 goals in 10 league matches. West Brom, meanwhile, bounced back from tough injury-time losses against Manchester City and Newcastle, thanks to...
09:15 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Southampton: Tottenham beat Southampton 2-1 on Sunday in the Premier League for its first ever victory at St. Mary's Stadium. Gareth Bale opened the scoring for Spurs against his former club when he headed in Tom Huddlestone's pass from close range in the 15th minute. Clint Dempsey doubled the visitors' advantage in the 39th when the United States international turned in a ball from Jermain Defoe inside the six-yard box....
11:01 PM, Oct 28, 2012
London: Arsenal scored three goals in seven first-half minutes on Saturday in sweeping aside Southampton 6-1 in the Premier League, with Gervinho netting his first two goals of 2012. Arsenal was helped by two own goals as it jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the 38th minute but it was still the type of high-scoring display that could help fans forget about the departure of Robin van Persie to...
10:04 PM, Sep 15, 2012
