Free beers for fans … three cheers for Southampton, says Hasenhüttl

• Fans given free beer as experiment before 3-2 win over Arsenal
• Hasenhüttl: ‘I heard if it works, you have to do it every game’

Ralph Hasenhüttl called on Southampton to continue giving their fans a free beer after Sunday’s experiment, designed to create a festive atmosphere at St Mary’s, was followed by the 3-2 victory over Arsenal that hauled his team out of the relegation zone.

The win had a little more to do with Hasenhüttl’s methods swiftly bearing fruit and three fine headers by Danny Ings (two) and Charlie Austin than complimentary Carlsbergs, but a team that had not won since the start of September needed all the help they could get.

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