[dropcaps style=’2′]The last time the Saints could celebrate 8 – Nill was over 90 years back. Northampton was the victim on Christmas Eve 1921. At that time it was on a third division level.[/dropcaps]
Now in 2014, Southampton is in a completely different place, as seen at St Mary’s Stadium this weekend. The team of Ronald Koeman cemented third place in the table with an astonishing performance from a club that not many wouldn’t consider a power house.
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[list_item]Sunderland’s Santiago Vergini opened with an an own goal.[/list_item]
[list_item]Graziano Pelle added Southampton’s third and then Jack Cork added a third for the hosts.[/list_item]
[list_item]Liam Bridcutt scored yet another own goal.[/list_item]
[list_item]Pelle, Dusan Tadic, Victor Wanyama and Sadio Mane all proceeded to scored.[/list_item]
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This is not great news for Sunderland. The Black Cats were initially the better team and could have taken the honours for the match but this was dropped quickly after an own goal from Santiago Vergini presented the situation with dread. Graziano Pelle brought it to 2-0, 3-0 by Jack Cork… the Southampton goalie and fullbacks could have taken a tea break and you would not have noticed.
When half time came, it was then that the Saints disassembled their guests into dust. For Southampton it ended at 8-0 which became the highest win in the club’s modern history.
Ronald Koeman said that this is football and that sometimes football is very strange, he felt bad for Gus Poyet (the Sunderland manager) because his team has started very well and they had many opportunities that simply weren’t seen through.[/column_item]
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Image Source: Samuel Foyle, Twitter