Leicester win from two goals down to pile on the misery for struggling Saints
Jordan Ayew completed a sensational turnaround as his added-time winner capped a 3-2 comeback win for Leicester at 10-man Southampton.
Substitute Ayew smashed in Harry Winks’ low corner eight minutes into stoppage time, after Facundo Buonanotte and Jamie Vardy’s penalty sparked an incredible comeback.
Goals from Cameron Archer and Joe Aribo had lifted the hosts and built hope of a first victory of the Premier League season.
However, the second-half turnaround ramps up the pressure on boss Russell Martin – with Saints club-record run of matches without a top-flight victory now at 21.
Their last Premier League win was against Leicester but the omens were not on their side – with 4-1 and 5-0 defeats to the Foxes in the Championship last season and Leicester boss Steve Cooper holding a 9-2 aggregate record against Martin from their previous two clashes.
However, the hosts belied the statistics to hit the crossbar, through Aribo, in the fifth minute before taking the lead three minutes later.
Archer tapped in for the second match in a row but the goal was borne out of a quickly taken free-kick by Flynn Downes, before Kyle Walker-Peters strode forward and fed Ryan Manning to slide across for the former Sheffield United striker to finish.
James Justin and Wilfred Ndidi headed and flicked at corners but their route into the match became harder when Aribo doubled the lead – the first time Saints had scored twice in the league this season. Walker-Peters beat Justin down the left and centred for the Nigerian to net his first goal of the campaign.
Midfielder Downes almost squirmed a volley through Mads Hermansen’s legs, either side of captain Vardy heading onto the roof of the net and Bilal El Khannouss curling an effort against the