Southampton 4-1 Everton: Charlie Austin scores doubly in comfortable triumph

Southampton cumulous a lot of misery on Everton with associate degree emphatic 4-1 triumph at St Mary's within the Premier League on Super Sunday.

Charlie Austin scored 2 second-half headers (52, 58) when Gylfi Sigurdsson's sensible effort (45) had earlier off out Dusan Tadic's 18th-minute opener for the house facet - before Steven Davis curled in an exceedingly late fourth with a fine end 3 minutes from time.
Everton have currently won just one of their last twelve matches all told competitions and stay sixteenth within the Premier League, 2 points on top of the relegation zone, whereas Southampton climb to tenth.
Austin, beginning a Premier League game for the primary time this season, would have a hat-trick to his name if he'd regenerate one among 2 sensible probabilities within the gap twelve minutes. Firstly, he scuffed a respectable probability over the bar following a corner, before placing the post from seven yards as he tried to steer home a Cedric Soares cut-back.
But the opener arrived on eighteen minutes once Tadic received Ryan Bertrand's through-ball and took one bit to deflect Leighton Baines before dextrously slippy the ball past Jordan Gladys Smith along with his left foot.
Southampton dominated the primary forty five minutes, however Sigurdsson conjured up a sensational Everton equaliser simply before the break, curling home from twenty yards with the ball dramatically placing the bar, the post and therefore the bar once more before crossing the road.
However, the sport was ultimately settled by 2 easy headed goals shortly when half-time. Austin rebuilt Southampton's lead inside seven minutes of the restart, steering a close-range header across Gladys Smith from Bertrand's leftist cross.
And things got even worse for Everton once Idrissa Gueye lost possession six minutes later, affording Tadic time and area on the left to cross for Austin to move in his second and Southampton's third.
The fourth arrived within the 87th minute once Davis curled past Gladys Smith from the sting of the world when wonderful work from James Ward-Prowse and Soares within the build-up.
Wayne Rooney remained a annoyed observer from the substitutes' bench as Southampton cruised to triumph and with David Unsworth reading simply four points from his four league games accountable, Everton's have to be compelled to appoint a brand new full-time manager currently appears a lot of imperative than ever.
Man of the Match - Charlie Austin
Austin's eight previous Premier League appearances this season had all come back from the bench and therefore the striker obviously had a degree to prove when being awarded a rare begin by Mauricio Pellegrino. He created that time in vogue and despite spurning 2 early probabilities, he settled this match with 2 textbook headers shortly when the break.
Sky Sports' commentator Alan Smith picked him out because the shining light-weight in an exceedingly Southampton team choked with spectacular performers, saying: "There are many candidates; Bertrand, Boufal and Tadic have all done very well, however Austin was the matchwinner with the second and third goals to require the match removed from Everton. They were excellent goals."
The Adviser - Andy Hinchcliffe
"With Everton, there is not any defensive urgency. there is not any urgency to urge blocks in and stop the opposition doing what they require to try and do. there is not any game set up either going forward or defensively and i am troubled to figure out what Everton are wanting to try and do with the team they place out.
"They are talking concerning obtaining another manager in however the matter is that the personnel they have. What XI are you able to place intent on perhaps produce a 0-0 draw, perhaps to shell the opposition? Like I aforementioned, Everton don't have any game set up and that they cannot appear to try and do something well therefore you'll be able to get Marco sylva in, you may even get sprightliness Guardiola in however what on earth would he do therewith bunch of players?"

Player ratings⏩⏩⏩

Southampton: Forster (7), Soares (8), Hoedt (6), Van Dijk (6), Bertrand (7), Davis (6), Hojbjerg (6), Tadic (8), Boufal (8), Ward-Prowse (7), Austin (8).

Subs: Lemina (6), Long (6), Yoshida (6)

Everton: Pickford (6), Kenny (6), Keane (6), Jagielka (6), Baines (6), Gueye (5), Schneiderlin (6), Lennon (6), Sigurdsson (7), Mirallas (6), Calvert-Lewin (5).

Subs: Williams (6), Lookman (7), Vlasic (6)

Man of the match: Charlie Austin
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