Eze seals comeback to leave Saints stranded

When Aaron Ramsdale swapped warming the bench at Arsenal for a relegation battle with Southampton, even the England goalkeeper couldn't have imagined it would be this bad.

- Ed Aarons

Another defeat - a 15th in 19 Premier League games - was especially hard to take after Tyler Dibling had given them the lead to end a four-match wait to score a goal and their first under the new manager, Ivan Juric.

But while Ramsdale was angered by the decision not to disallow Trevoh Chalobah's equaliser for a perceived push on the Southampton goalkeeper, it was only a string of fine saves that kept the scoreline respectable as Palace secured only a second home victory of the campaign thanks to Eberechi Eze's brilliant winner.

That leaves Oliver Glasner's side looking more comfortable after their slow start to the season, whereas surpassing Derby's Premier League record low points tally of 11 might be the limit to Juric's ambitions for now.

While Southampton's defensive issues under Russell Martin came to define their former manager's reign, they have also struggled at the other end.

Not since Joe Aribo's goal in the 5-1 defeat by Chelsea at the start of December had they managed to add to their tally of 11 goals in the Premier League - a run of almost 700 minutes.