SOUTHAMPTON have stunned former European Super League side Tottenham by taking the lead in North London.
In a lacklustre first half for managerless Spurs, Danny Ings headed home to put the Saints in front.
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- Tottenham XI: Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Dier, Reguilón; Hojbjerg, Lo Celso, Ndombele; Bale, Son, Lucas Moura.
- Southampton XI: McCarthy; Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Salisu; Walcott, Tella, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Adams, Ings.
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38 Moment of chaos in Tottenham's defence which ends with Tella delivering a shot from the edge of the box.
It gets deflected but ultimately reaches Lloris' safe pair of hands.
Doesn't matter anyway as the referee signals for offside
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37 CHANCE
Walcott drives the ball forward and gets to the edge of the box.
The ex-Arsenal star fires a shot, which gets deflected off of Alderweireld
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35 Here's how Ings opened the scoring for Southampton.
A stunning delivery from Ward-Prowse and an even better header by Ings
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33 Southampton really deserve this…
Saints have been dominating possession and tempo throughout the first half and have been giving Tottenham a very hard time.
Spurs should be glad it's only 1-0
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30 Third time's the charm!
Ward-Prowse whips in a beautiful corner-kick and finds Ings, who beats Aurier with a stunning header that ends up in Lloris' bottom left corner
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GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!
SOUTHAMPTON OPEN THE SCORING WITH INGS!!!
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27 CHANCE
Ward-Prowse whips in a corner-kick that forces a save from Lloris.
But it doesn't matter as the Tottenham goalkeeper was fouled
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25 Tottenham have been slow in possession and their game plan looks to be quite predictable.
It is more often that we will see Spurs passing the ball backwards, which makes Southampton's job much easier
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22 Tempo has slowed down in the last few minutes but Tottenham have yet to find ways past Southampton's defence.
Saints, on the other hand, have been knocking on Spurs' door and could have easily been 2-0 ahead by now
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19 CHANCE
Armstrong fires a shot from the edge of the box but completely misses the target – another desperate effort.
But this chance shows just how easily Ward-Prowse, Armstrong and Ings have been able to connect in the first half.
Impressive link0up between midfield and attack
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17 Chairman Daniel Levy has been spotted in the stands for today's game.
Levy was among the owners who tried to launch the failed European Super League.
That caused immense anger worldwide, especially within Tottenham's ranks and fans.
A small protest took place outside the stadium before kick-off calling for Levy to leave
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14 WHAT A CHANCE!
How are Southampton not ahead…?
Reguilon fails to cut a long-range pass from midfield, probably from Ward-Prowse, and Walker-Peters picks it up inside the box.
The full-back finds himself in front of Lloris who denies him with an excellent block.
How lucky are Tottenham to have Lloris in goal…
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13 Mason makes history as the youngest ever Premier League manager.
But here is how young he truly is:
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12 CHANCE
Lucas Moura tries a long-range shot but completely misses the target.
A bit of a desperate effort that doesn't worry McCarthy at all
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10 CHANCE!
Tottenham show some teeth in the opening minutes of first half.
Bale gets the ball inside the box and flicks it back to Lo Celso with a lovely back heel.
But the Argentina international fails to beat McCarthy as his shot just misses the top right corner
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8 We're seeing a completely different Southampton side than the cagey performance they put together at Wembley last week.
Saints have been very attack-minded and Ward-Prowse as well as Armstrong have been doing a great job in midfield.
Tottenham should be very grateful to have someone like Lloris between the sticks
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5 Southampton have been quite vibrant in the first few minutes and came close to an opener with Salisu and Adams' double effort.
Saints are knocking on Spurs' door as they have been dominating possession and tempo
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2 WHAT A CHANCE!
Southampton get so close to an opener there!
Salisu gets a header from a cross by Tella and forces a magnificent save off of Lloris.
The Tottenham keeper then denies Adams' effort on his onw goal line!
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2 And another quick reminder:
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl appears to have opted for a 4-4-2 formation with five changes to the team that lost to Leicester in the FA Cup semi-finals on Sunday.
Alex McCarthy replaces Fraser Forster between the sticks with Kyle Walker-Peters at right-back and Mohamed Salisu, who takes Ryan Bertrand's place, on the other side, while Jan Bednarek and Jannik Vestergaard team up at centre-back.
Theo Walcott, on for Ibrahima Diallo, covers the right flank with Nathan Tella, who takes Moussa Djenepo's place, on the other side, while captain James Ward-Prowse and Stuart Armstrong link up in midfield.
Danny Ings and Che Adams, who replaces Nathan Redmond, lead the attack
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1 Just a quick reminder:
Tottenham interim head coach Ryan Mason appears to have opted for a 4-3-3 formation with three changes to the team that drew at Everton last week on Jose Mourinho's final game in charge.
Captain Hugo Lloris starts in goal with Serge Aurier at right-back and Sergio Reguilon on the other side, while Eric Dier and Toby Alderweireld team up at centre-back.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Tanguy NDombele and Giovani Lo Celso, who replaces Joe Rodon, link up in midfield.
Harry Kane is left out due to an ankle injury and is replaced by Lucas Moura who leads the attack with Son Heung-min and Gareth Bale, who takes Moussa Sissoko's place
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PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
AND OFF WE GO AT TOTTENHAM!!!!!
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HERE COME THE TEAMS!
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is set to host the clash between Tottenham and Southampton.
Saints enter the pitch with captain James Ward-Prowse leading the line.
Spurs follow with Hugo Lloris donning the club's legendary armband.
Of course the game is going to take place behind closed doors due to coronavirus regulations, but that hasn't stopped certain fans from protesting over the recent European Super League crisis outside.
Not long to go now…!
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CATCHER IN THE RY
Tottenham caretaker boss Ryan Mason will be in charge of the home side today against Southampton.
Mason took over from Jose Mourinho, who was sacked on Monday following a string of poor results.
The former Spurs player is about to make history as the youngest manager in Premier League history.
More below
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KANE-FUL ABSENCE
Tottenham will really miss Harry Kane today and not only because of his 21 goals in 30 Premier League appearances this season, which make him the league's top goalscorer.
But because Kane has been involved in 16 goals in 12 Premier League games against Southampton, scoring 10 and assisting six along the way.
That is more than he has registered against any other opponent throughout his entire career.
The England captain is one of just five players to have a hat-trick of goals and a hat-trick of assists against the same opponent in the Premier League, alongside Dennis Bergkamp against Leicester, Didier Drogba against Wigan, Teddy Sheringham against Leeds and Raheem Sterling against West Ham
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BESTIES
As mentioned below, Tottenham thrashed Southampton in their first meeting of the season at St Mary's with a score of 5-2 last September.
Son Heung-min scored a whopping four goals that day, with all of them being assisted by star partner Harry Kane.
This marked the only occasion in Premier League history of a player scoring four goals in a match with all of them assisted by the same team-mate.
Kane also netted the north Londoners' fifth, while Danny Ings registered a brace for Ralph Hasenhuttl's side
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