Che Adams and Oriol Romeu fire Southampton to home win over Norwich

Che Adams continued his fine form to help fire Southampton to all three points in a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Norwich. Southampton dominated the opening stages of the game but struggled to break down a deep-lying Norwich defence, failing to create a clear-cut chance early on. Ad/> The hosts' best chance of the half came when a James Ward-Prowse cross dropped in front of goal for Mohamed Elyounoussi to pounce on, but he struck it straight at Canaries 'keeper Angus Gunn.

Premier LeagueMane, Salah and Diaz salvage win for Liverpool after Norwich threaten upset19/02/2022 AT 14:05 Saints continued to produce wave after wave of attack, and finally found their way through ten minutes before the break thanks to the resilient Adams. Valentino Livramento delivered a cross towards the goal-mouth where Adams made a run, and after Gunn managed to get a foot to it, Adams pounced on the rebound to poke Southampton ahead. Both sides had chances to add to the scoreline in the second half, and Saints made the game safe when Oriol Romeu fired home from the edge of the box with two minutes left on the clock.

Norwich remain bottom with 17 points from 26 games. Premier League table Premier League fixtures / results Premier League top scorers TALKING POINT — NORWICH ARE IN BIG TROUBLE They didn’t just lose, but they looked so unconvincing. They defended quite well in the opening exchanges and kept Saints at bay for the majority of the first period, but they were probably lucky to go in at the break just one-nil down after Southampton missed a hatful of good chances.