SOUTHAMPTON fans incredibly flooded out just 26 minutes into a first-half home battering as boos rang out against Tottenham.
Spurs had just gone 4-0 up – and it got even more embarrassing as Saints boss Russell Martin then MISSED the visitors’ fifth goal.
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James Maddison smashed home his second goal of the evening – as Martin headed down the tunnel seconds before the interval.
No doubt the under-fire manager needed extra time for a half-time team talk that was surely the footballing equivalent of Mission Impossible.
Maddison had struck inside the first 60 seconds, before Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski made it by the 14th minute.
But the final straw for many supporters of the bottom-placed home team was Pape Matar Sarr netting a fourth.
And within two minutes of that goal some fans were spotted already outside the stadium.
If only Southampton’s defence had moved so smartly.
Meanwhile, a host of supporters online reckon Martin should be on his way out – imminently.
One posted: “He’s clueless…, Should learn from Brentford’s Thomas Frank, who adapted his possession style for the league while keeping his philosophy.”
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Defeat would leave the Saints with just five points from 16 games.
That sparked a debate in some quarters as to where Southampton might stand in history at the unwanted end of the top-flight pecking order.
One viewer called them “one of the worst Prem sides I’ve seen”.
But another fan put the one-sided match into a wider sporting context.
He posted: “I don’t care if it’s 4-0 after 25 minutes If you’re watching Spurs v Southampton over the darts you need to grow up in all honesty.”
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