World News – GB – Burnley 0-1 Southampton: Danny Ings strikes early

Posted: 6:47 PM EDT September 26, 2020 | Updated: 10:19 p.m. EDT September 26, 2020

Southampton’s Danny Ings pushed his claims for a first England start by scoring former club Burnley to earn his side their first points of the season

Ings, who spent four years at Turf Moor before joining Liverpool in 2015, revealed an exhausted Burnley defense to cleverly dismiss the Saints from the start

The in-form forward’s two caps have both been ruled off the bench, but he expects to be included in Gareth Southgate’s squad announced next Thursday and hopes to be in the XI for at least one of theirs. matches against Wales, Belgium or Denmark

Ings had the simple task of ending up in an empty net with Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope stranded

Burnley’s players could only watch Ings score this third goal of the season

Burnley (4-4-2): Pope 6; Bardsley 6, long 55, Dunne 55, Taylor 7; Stephens 6, Brownlow 65, Westwood 6, McNeil 6; Wood 7, Vydra 55

Southampton (4-4-2): McCarthy 65; Walker-Peters 75, Vestergaard 6, Bednarek 6, Bertrand 6; Djenepo 65 (Tella 77 6), Romeu 6, Ward-Prowse 6, Armstrong 6; Ings 7, Adams 7 (Obafemi 77 6)

Burnley was without a number of key players on Saturday night and has now lost both of his Premier League games this season

Sean Dyche has been unhappy with the lack of new signings, but at least he was able to give Dale Stephens £ 2million for his Clarets debut

With clear symmetry, this was Stephens’ 100th appearance in the Premier League, the others in Brighton, in Dyche’s 400th game as manager

James Tarkowski was out again as Leicester and West Ham continue to show interest as reports of a US takeover in Turf Moor rumble

Dyche’s bench was mostly filled with academy youth to highlight why more rookies are needed before transfer deadline

Southampton’s slow start to the season was not reflected by manager Ralph Hasenhuttl who made just two changes from the 5-2 home side beaten by Spurs

The visitors got off to a quick start and were rewarded by taking the lead with a nice goal after five minutes

Kyle Walker-Peters advanced to the right and passed a pass into Che Adams He smartly slashed for Ings who finished with typical eight-yard poise despite Jimmy Dunne’s best efforts to intercept

It was the England striker’s third goal of the campaign and the 26th since the start of last season – no one has scored more during this period It was also an example of how the 4-4-2, a system deployed on both sides last night, may perform at its best

Burnley, who scored four unusual goals in his Premier League opener at Leicester, looked rocky with Nick Pope having an unknown center-back pair of Kevin Long and Dunne ahead of him

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Dunne, who made his Premier League debut only a week ago, was forced into a rushed clearance when more experienced colleagues allowed Ings and Adams to cross them

Dyche was missing Ben Mee, Robbie Brady, Ashley Barnes and Jay Rodriguez in addition to Tarkowski, but that should not detract from Southampton’s impressive performance in the first half with plenty of movement off the ball

All Burnleys offered only fleeting responses Matej Vydra hit over the bar but Chris Wood called for a penalty to fall after a Jan Bednarek nudge that also prompted Dyche to lift arms

The Saints led Spurs to added time in the first half and ended up losing heavily So Burnley knew they were in the game as long as they didn’t concede a second

Defenseman Phil Bardsley had to be treated after being caught in the ear by Moussa Djenepo’s elbow during an aerial challenge, but it was deemed accidental by the Saints winger

Burnley started the second half sharper and Wood forced Alex McCarthy to a mid-air stop in the first minute Bardsley then took his revenge on Djenepo with a hack that earned a yellow card at the full-back

Charlie Taylor tested McCarthy and Wood was then upset as he chased a long Pope punt, dispossessed Ryan Bertrand and finished at a sharp angle only so that the whistle had already been blown for offside

This asked why Scott Ledger raised his flag on a fringe call instead of letting the movement run its course as shown But luckily for them, the replays showed Wood by the thinnest of the margins

To add to the confusion, Referee Marriner complained about a helmet malfunction while communicating with Mike Dean at Stockley Park

Huge celebrations from Hasenhuttl Southampton’s first points of the season and their first win here since 1971

Ings puts the ball in the net with a nice finish after being played on the left but it was well offside

Southampton are looking to launch a quick attack after winning the ball in their own half, but Ward-Prowse loses his pass to Tella and Burnley now has a throw-in on his right wing

Double substitution for visitors as Adam and Djenepo are replaced by Nathan Tella and Michael Obafemi

The Czech, who is capable of spectacular, tries to catch the keeper of his line with a daring chip but is wrong

A ball is cleared in Charlie Taylor’s path to the edge of the box and he lets it fly with a fierce effort for the first time that forces a big stop from McCarthy at his nearby post

Bertand fails to properly handle a long ball and Wood is able to run over it and gently bust the keeper

A near perfect start to the half as Westwood picks Wood at the back post with a fine ball

He tries to aim his head in the far corner but the keeper is able to dive and make the save

Brownhill takes an involuntary elbow at Romeu’s rib as they jump for the ball

He hits the line before throwing another good ball at Ings, who can’t quite control it and the danger is gone

Ashley Westwood whips a free kick with her right foot from the left which almost catches McCarthy and finds the upper right corner

Bardsley grabs an elbow competing for a header with Djenepo The VAR takes a look and decides to take no action

Penalty shout for Burnley as Chris Wood grabs a nice long ball over Bardsley’s top

Vydra attempts a spectacular bicycle kick but misses the ball completely However, defensive play returns to her, allowing her a shot on goal, which goes well over the crossbar

Half a chance for the home side as a cross hits Brownhill at the back post He directs the ball straight into a defender but the ball falls to him He slips it but is deflected behind

Djenepo and Bertand connect well on the left and the latter gets a good low cross to Adams, who shoots his first effort much more

There has only been one opening in this game so far and visitors have enjoyed it

Burnley gets the ball right for the first time in the game They force a few turns but Southampton are up to the task twice

Che Adams is played on the right and cuts it for Danny Ings who is able to finish in an empty net under pressure

None of tonight’s teams have scored a Premier League point yet this season

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