Harry Maguire hits last-minute winner for Leicester at 10-man Southampton

After an unforgettable summer, Harry Maguire should no longer be considered an unlikely source of danger and he rifled home from distance in stoppage-time as Claude Puel tasted another happy return to Southampton, who had Pierre-Emile Højbjerg sent off. Ryan Bertrand had opened the scoring but Leicester came from behind to record victory, with Demarai Gray and Maguire, in front of the watching England assistant manager Steve Holland, notching to continue Saints’ woes on home turf.

Mark Hughes was left incensed after seeing Højbjerg red carded after accumulating two yellows, the second for a second-half dive but Jonathan Moss, the referee, made a brave and correct decision. On closer inspection, Hughes will surely have no complaints. The Southampton manager said how he was determined to establish St Mary’s as a fortress this season but by the time Maguire had snatched victory, supporters emptied out of the stadium. The numbers make incredibly grim reading: Southampton have won just three of their past 28 matches, Hughes having won two of his league matches in charge.

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