“We still have to win two or three games but we had control today,” said the Newcastle manager. “Kenedy’s using his quality to make a difference to us.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino has won only five Premier League games this season. With the Senegal international diligently protecting his defence by destroying Southampton attacks at the source, Pellegrino’s horizon looked as bleak as the Tyneside skies. After deceiving Southampton’s defence by shaping to shoot, his pass picked up the unmarked Ritchie whose low, side-footed shot defied the goalkeeper, Alex McCarthy. By the time Guido Carrillo dodged Jamaal Lascelles and unleashed Southampton’s first shot on target, directing it straight at Martin Dubravka, almost an hour had passed.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2018 17:21 UTC