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Leaky West Ham prove the ideal visitors for goal-shy Southampton

What do you give Southampton, the team without a Premier League home goal since early April?

The unfortunate punchline is Slaven Bilic's West Ham, who have now conceded 91 goals in their last 50 Premier League games and were once again hospitable visitors.

For Mauricio Pellegrino, this was a first victory in English football and brought an end to a run of six goalless home games for Southampton. It was also a positive way to end a week in which the Chinese investor Jisheng Gao purchased 80 per cent of the club in a long-awaited takeover.

Charlie Austin's late penalty finally beat West Ham after Southampton collapsed from 2-0 up
Charlie Austin's late penalty finally beat West Ham after Southampton collapsed from 2-0 up
Manolo Gabbiadini breaks the deadlock after just ten minutes played with a low, accurate shot
Manolo Gabbiadini breaks the deadlock after just ten minutes played with a low, accurate shot

Forty-four minutes into this game and it appeared Southampton would be celebrating a rout.