The game finishes with a scoreline of 2-0 to the hosts. It was a brilliant performance from Southampton to go along with the victory, and it really could have been four or five.
They dominated the first half, but it took them until the 36th minute to take the lead when Livramento sent a low delivery across the face of the goal, and Adams finally put the ball in after a scramble.
Adams and Walker-Peters could’ve made it 2-0 but saw their efforts deflected behind or saved, but the Saints finally put the game to bed on 88 minutes when Romeu sent a brilliant first-time effort flying past a helpless Gunn.
Starting Lineup:
SOUTHAMPTON (4-4-2): Fraser Forster;
Valentino Livramento, Mohammed Salisu, Jan Bednarek, Kyle Walker-Peters;
Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Mohamed Elyounoussi;
Che Adams, Armando Broja.
SUBS: Moussa Djenepo, Adam Armstrong, Shane Long, Romain Perraud,
Harry Lewis, Yan Valery, Ibrahima Diallo, Jack Stephens, Theo Walcott.
NORWICH CITY (4-3-3): Angus Gunn;
Max Aarons, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Brandon Williams;
Billy Gilmour, Mathias Normann, Kenny McLean;
Joshua Sargent, Teemu Pukki, Milot Rashica.
SUBS: Jon Rowe, Przemyslaw Piacheta, Pierre Lees-Melou, Dimitrios Giannoulis,
Christoph Zimmermann, Tim Krul, Lukas Rupp, Kieran Dowell, Sam Byram.
Goals:
The hosts take the lead!!! Livramento sends a brilliant low ball in from the right, and after an almighty scramble, Adams can turn it in to make it 1-0. The Saints finally have the goal that their play deserves.
What a goal!!! Romeu doubles the lead with a brilliant finish after the ball was headed out to him from a corner. He takes it the first time and sends a superb effort flying past Gunn to make it 2-0 and surely put this game to bed.
So, where else do Southampton and Norwich go from here?
The victory for the Saints moves them up a place to ninth as they leapfrog Brighton, and they travel to Aston Villa next as they look to continue their good run.
Defeat for the Canaries means that they remain bottom of the league and five points off safety.
Their form will have to change if they want to stay up drastically, and they’ll try to start a run with a big home game against Brentford next.
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