Huddersfield peg back Southampton thanks to Laurent Depoitre header

Southampton had hoped they would be out of the woods by now, but Mauricio Pellegrino’s side continue to teeter three points above the relegation zone after being roundly booed off after a frustrating draw at home to Huddersfield Town. With trips to Tottenham Hotspur and then Manchester United on the horizon, it looks set to be a bleak winter as far as Saints are concerned.

As for Huddersfield, they remain out of the top half on goal difference after Laurent Depoitre cancelled out Charlie Austin’s opener, on a day when Virgil van Dijk’s omission from Southampton’s 18-man squad dominated much of the discourse.

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