The home Team never got going throughout the gap forty five minutes and Michael Obafemi’s fantastically taken strike from eighteen yards gave Saints a merited lead.

The introduction of Mason Mount for defender Kurt Zouma at the break vulnerable to inject energy into Frank Lampard’s side however solely an important Fikayo Tomori intervention prevented the away side a second.

And with twenty minutes remaining, an excellent team move saw the ball break for Nathan Redmond and his straightforward end from ten yards committed six points for Ralph Hasenhuttl’s facet from festive away games at Aston Villa and also the Blues.