Premier League: Southampton end Everton’s unbeaten run with 2-0 win

Southampton beat Premier League leaders Everton 2-Zero at St Mary’s Stadium on Sunday with targets from James Ward-Prowse and Che Adams as Carlo Ancelotti’s facet turned the ultimate membership to lose a sport this season. Everton stay prime of the standings with 13 factors and a more healthy objective distinction than metropolis rivals and reigning champions Liverpool however Southampton moved as much as fifth with their third win in 4 matches.

“We knew it was a good challenge for us, they came here unbeaten and we didn’t like that feeling. Our confidence was high,” Ward-Prowse informed Sky Sports.

“We were aggressive, we believe in what we are doing and we have the quality to go and score goals… This gives us a lot of confidence, we weren’t really troubled.”

Southampton took the lead within the 27th minute when Ward-Prowse performed a neat one-two with Danny Ings, who offered the by ball for his fellow Englishman to fireplace a shot previous Jordan Pickford.

Ings turned supplier once more eight minutes later when he crossed from the left flank to seek out Adams on the far publish and the unmarked striker took his time to choose his spot to beat Pickford with a strike that deflected off Gylfi Sigurdsson.

With about 20 minutes to go, Everton have been lowered to 10 males when defender Lucas Digne was despatched off for a straight purple card after he fouled Kyle Walker-Peters and Ancelotti couldn’t convey on one other defender having already made three substitutions.

Everton hardly examined Alex McCarthy in Saints’ objective, with striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin drawing his first clean of the season.

The closest the guests got here to scoring was when Sigurdsson’s first-half effort from exterior the field crashed into the crossbar whereas James Rodriguez had a tame effort within the field saved.

“It was a tough win against a strong side but we had good game management… It was one of our best performances at home,” Saints supervisor Ralph Hasenhuettl stated.

“We played through the lines, the second goal was beautiful and we really calmed the game down. I didn’t see a lot of chances for Everton today.”