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Breaking: Southampton ends Everton’s unbeaten run

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Everton was hit with a 2-0 defeat to Southampton at the St Mary’s Stadium, James Ward-Prowse’s 27th-minute goal put the host in front and Che Adams doubled the lead 8 minutes later with another Danny Ings assist ending Everton’s unbeaten start to the Premier League campaign with a deserved 2-0 win.

Southampton ends Everton’s unbeaten run, It was a disappointing display from the Toffees, who never really got going; with service limited for talismanic figures James Rodriguez and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who couldn’t extend his goalscoring streak to six consecutive games.

Things went from bad to worse for Carlo Ancelotti, as he lost Lucas Digne to a red card after a nasty challenge on Kyle Walker-Peters.

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl to BBC Sport:
“My team did a fantastic job today, from the first moment you could feel that the plan was working and the
guys were sticking to it. It was one of the best first halves so far for us.

“I was always convinced that Che Adams’ time would come, sometimes it takes a long time to adapt to this

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level but he was always learning and working hard and he gets what he deserves now.

“We did not talk once this week about losing 9-0 [a year ago today], that is a topic for you guys,

but it was important what we did after that defeat. Now we don’t even think about it anymore, I don’t care.”

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