Monday Night Football Roundup: Theo Walcott scored his first goal for Soton

Former Arsenal man Theo Walcott, who is on loan from Everton, relived his time back with the saints with his first goal after 15 years but his side was denied all three points as Wolves earned a 1-1 draw late at the Molineux through Neto.

Walcott tapped in a square ball from Che Adams 13 minutes after half-time, which temporarily took them within a point of leaders Tottenham and Liverpool before Wolves drew level.

Southampton would have been down by two or more goals if not for the valiant efforts of Alex McCarthy who kept Wolves at bay until that point. However,  with 15 minutes left to play, the goalkeeper could not keep Neto out after Raul Jimenez had struck the base of the post.

Walcott, however, should have doubled his tally and Southampton’s lead minutes before the equaliser came but rolled his effort wide with only Rui Patricio to beat after a fine support work from Adams.

Instead, Wolves moved above Arsenal and Manchester United with the one point earned.

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Nuno Espirito Santo (Wolves manager) said: “It was a good game, a very intense game, with high tempo from both teams.”

“In the first half we wanted to play better, but Southampton are a very good team, they played very well, they pressed very well. In the second half we reacted very well to their goal, we wanted to go for it, to create chances, and we were very aggressive when Southampton wanted to counter-attack. I’m happy and very proud of the boys.

“Conor (Coady) and (Romain) Saiss were not available, we decided to go with three midfielders and it was good. We should grow, we should find solutions, we have an identity – it is about more than the system, but the idea that we have.

“We fight, we try to play well, and we try to be solid, and we managed that.”

Ralph Hasenhuttl (Soton manager) said after the game: “I’m happy. It was, for everyone, a tough game. It was tactically so demanding, like a game of chess. We had a 4-3-3 we didn’t expect but we didn’t have a problem with it, we showed how flexible we are to find the answers, and in the final third we might not have had 100 per cent conviction but in the second half we had good game management.

“You score the first goal, and think maybe we’ll get the three points because keeping on going and defending well, maybe we have a chance. But we knew it would be a long way to go, and it was a deserved draw for both teams. You saw two teams fighting tactically on a very high level against each other, and to take a point here, I’m very happy.”

Burnley 1-0 Crystal Palace: Sean Dyche’s side get first Premier League win of season

Sean Dyche finally got his Burnley side up and running as they grabbed their first win of the Premier League campaign with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace.

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Chris Wood scored as early as inside the first 10 minutes of the game when he powered a shot past Vicente Guaita to score Burnley’s first home goal of the season.

The victory puts Burnley out of their relegation worries momentarily as they moved into 17th on the log while defeat sees Crystal Palace, who were without Wilfried Zaha, drop a place to 10th.

Premier League table

Premier League 2020/21
# Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur 9 6 2 1 21 9 12 20
2 Liverpool 9 6 2 1 21 16 5 20
3 Chelsea 9 5 3 1 22 10 12 18
4 Leicester City 9 6 0 3 18 12 6 18
5 Southampton 9 5 2 2 17 13 4 17
6 Everton 9 5 1 3 19 16 3 16
7 Aston Villa 8 5 0 3 19 11 8 15
8 West Ham United 9 4 2 3 15 10 5 14
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 4 2 3 9 10 -1 14
10 Manchester United 8 4 1 3 13 14 -1 13
11 Crystal Palace 9 4 1 4 12 13 -1 13
12 Arsenal 9 4 1 4 9 10 -1 13
13 Manchester City 8 3 3 2 10 11 -1 12
14 Leeds United 9 3 2 4 14 17 -3 11
15 Newcastle United 9 3 2 4 10 15 -5 11
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 2 3 4 13 15 -2 9
17 Burnley 8 1 2 5 4 12 -8 5
18 Fulham 9 1 1 7 9 18 -9 4
19 West Bromwich Albion 9 0 3 6 6 18 -12 3
20 Sheffield United 9 0 1 8 4 15 -11 1
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