Dusan Tadic double earns vital win for Southampton and lifts survival hopes

Perhaps Southampton’s race is not yet run. Mark Hughes earned his first victory as their manager as his team picked up their sixth league win of the season – and their first since February – to hoist themselves closer to safety. Two goals from Dusan Tadic against neighbours Bournemouth was enough to keep what was a sinking ship in with a chance of staying afloat. Their fate may be in their own hands by the time they travel to fellow strugglers Swansea in their penultimate match in the final week of the season.

Whether this result provides sufficient impetus to ensure Saints’ top-flight survival, with three games to play, remains to be seen, but a rousing standing ovation at the final whistle from almost all quarters of St Mary’s spoke volumes. Tadic labelled it as one of Southampton’s most important wins in their history.

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