Match Report: Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Southampton | OneFootball

On Sunday afternoon, at 14:00 BST, Spurs hosted Southampton for match day 31 of the 24/25 Premier League season. Coming into the game, the visitors were trying to get the win that would ensure they would not go down as statistically the worst team in Premier League season. They were also trying to avoid becoming the first team to ever get relegated on match day 31 of the season.

For the task at hand, Ange Postecoglou opted for a line up of; Vicario; Porro, Romero, Davies, Spence; Bergvall, Bentancur, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Son.

How it all happened at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday

The first two chances of any note for Spurs came shortly after each other. In the tenth minute, Romero had a header saved from a corner - before Bergvall had a left footed effort from inside the box saved. Then, very soon after, Kamaldeen Sulemana nearly gave the visitors the lead, but his effort from a tight angle was blocked.

However, just a couple of minutes later, Ange's side took the lead. Spence got away down the left, before cutting the ball back into the middle where Johnson was able to fire the ball into the back of the net with a fierce finish - his 10th goal in the Premier League this season.

After 26 minutes, Romero had another opportunity to score, as he again saw his header saved following a set piece - though this one was definitely a better opportunity.

With a little over ten minutes of the first half remaining, Bergvall thought he had scored his first Premier League goal, but after a very, very lengthy VAR review, the goal was disallowed, and the game remained 1-0.

Nevertheless, a few minutes later, it was two - as Johnson scored his second goal of the game. After a ball came out of the sky, Maddison flicked a lopping header towards Johnson, whom poked the ball past Aaron Ramsdale. Two for him and two for Spurs.

Just before the half time whistle, Spence went close to making it three, but his effort towards the top corner was saved. That would be that for the first half, and Spurs had a two goal lead going into the interval.

A few minutes before the hour mark, Ange looked to his bench, as Odobert and Sarr replaced Son and Bentancur. Three minutes later, Porro picked up a booking for a foul. With ten minutes remaining, Bissouma and Gray repalced Maddison and Bergvall. With three minutes left, Tel replaced Solanke.

Just as normal time was about to finish, Southampton got one back through Mateus Fernandes, to make for a tense finish.

Still, in stoppage time, Spurs were awarded a penalty - with Tel converting for his first Premier League goal. Full-time, 3-1 to Spurs. Not much more to say other than Southampton are relegated. Onto Thursday evening against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League.