Southampton go high of Premier League desk for first time ever with victory over Newcastle and mock US President Donald Trump by tweeting ‘cease the depend’

Southampton moved to the highest of the Premier League desk for the primary time of their historical past with a 2-Zero win over Newcastle on Friday.

Targets from Che Adams and Stuart Armstrong ensured Ralph Hasenhuttl’s didn’t miss high scorer Danny Ings, who will miss between 4 to 6 weeks with a knee harm, as they leapfrogged Liverpool into first.

Southampton have won five of their opening eight matches this season — Southampton have received 5 of their opening eight matches this season

Che Adams has scored three goals in his last four games — Che Adams has scored three objectives in his final 4 video games

And the Saints couldn’t resist mocking US President Donald Trump afterwards.

The membership’s official Twitter account tweeted an image of the Premier League desk with the caption ‘Cease the depend!’

It was clearly referencing Trump’s plea to cease counting mail-in ballots after Election Day with Joe Biden heading in the right direction to switch him in The White Home.

With the Reds, Leicester, Tottenham and Everton taking part in this weekend, Southampton’s keep on the high is prone to be temporary.

Theo Walcott, who was making his second residence debut for Southampton since rejoining on mortgage from Everton, nearly doubled his aspect’s lead earlier than half-time, however shot huge from close-range.

The hosts might have received by extra if it was not for Karl Darlow’s string of spectacular second-half saves.

Walcott came very close to scoring on his second home debut for Southampton — Walcott got here very near scoring on his second residence debut for Southampton

The Magpies No.2 goalkeeper, who’s filling in for the injured Martin Dubravka, fantastically tipped Oriol Romeu’s shot on to the crossbar, earlier than thwarting Jan Bednarek from a nook.

With Southampton failing to discover a second aim, there was at all times fears that Newcastle might snatch a late winner.

And people fears would have grown when VAR selected to not punish Jamaal Lascelles for a rash problem on Walcott within the field.

Nonetheless, the three factors have been sealed when Stuart Armstrong robbed Sean Longstaff of the ball simply exterior the Newcastle field and fired previous Darlow with eight minutes remaining.