Danny Ings stuns Crystal Palace as Southampton claim first league win

Southampton deservedly won their first three points of the season as they capitalised on the surprise absence of Wilfried Zaha to turn Crystal Palace over.

Sharp finishing from first Danny Ings and then Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in added time gave Mark Hughes respite after a winless August. Zaha, meanwhile, was missing after the talismanic forward suffered a groin strain in training on Friday. There is perhaps no single player more important to any Premier League club, and Palace remain winless without the forward since September 2016.

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