When a big chance to score his first Premier League goal came and went at Watford last season, Che Adams did not just see the anguish of Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl.
‘I heard it too… the “aaaaahhhh”,’ Adams smiles, mimicking Hasenhuttl’s pained cry that echoed around an empty Vicarage Road. The manager was almost on the pitch in celebration when Adams’ shot squeezed past Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster and looked destined for the net.
Saints captain James Ward-Prowse was poised too, with his arms already stretched above his head. But Foster’s touch had put a spin on the ball that took it agonisingly wide.