Southampton vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture
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Follow live coverage as Southampton face Crystal Palace in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
Johnstone completes a more straightforward stop this time, as Onuachu beats Guehi to a header from the centre of the box but it lacks sufficient power to trouble the goalkeeper.
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
SAVE! After several Southampton players deliberate on the ball and fail to take a strike, Bella Kotchap strides forward and leathers a powerful shot towards the left-hand side of the goal, but Johnstone dives to parry it away! Saints are getting ever closer, but time is running out!
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
Substitution Carlos Jonas Alcaraz Samuel Ikechukwu Edozie
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
MISS! Having won the ball in an aerial battle on the edge of Palace's six-yard box, it drops into his path for a close-range volley, but Alcaraz blazes over the crossbar and puts his head in his hands!
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
OFF THE POST! Taking the ball in his stride from Djenepo's pass, Alcaraz arrows a shot across goal which thumps off the upright and away to safety! So close for the young forward, who has offered Southampton's main threat today!
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
Eze has now netted three times in five appearances against Southampton, and his second goal today is his seventh of the season, making him Crystal Palace's Premier League top scorer.
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