Part 1 of Southampton vs. Watford in pictures
Although this was an early-season game and a 0-0 draw, we begin the season in 2015–16, which may have been our best in the previous 30 years.
Going on to the next season, 2016–17, this match was the one that made Claude Puel give up his earlier, more open tactics. With Jose Fonte gone and Virgil Van Dijk injured, he realised he needed to protect his back four after we nearly blew a 4–2 lead in the closing minutes but managed to win 4–3.
Everyone in the stadium, with the exception of the referee and the linesman, watched Abdoulaye Doucoure knock the ball past Alex McCarthy to equalise as the Saints led 2-0 at halftime and 2-1 heading into injury time in 2017–18.
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