A late goal from Jonjo Shelvey was enough to give Swansea victory
over Southampton at St Mary's as Ronald Koeman's side slumped to a surprise
1-0 defeat.
The midfielder settled a low-key affair in the 83rd minute when he took aim from
25 yards and arrowed a shot into the top right-hand corner, before Southampton
lost Ryan Bertrand to a straight red card in the closing stages for a dangerous
challenge on Modou Barrow, who had to be carried from the field on a stretcher.
Shelvey had earlier struck the left-hand post with a low drive, but that was a rare
threat for Swansea as Southampton dominated the ball for much of the encounter.
For all their possession, however, Southampton's best chance saw James Ward-
Prowse superbly denied by Lukasz Fabianski inside the opening 10 minutes, as
Ronald Koeman's side fell to a first Premier League defeat in seven.
Victory marked Swansea's first in the Premier League over the south coast club,
and also ended a four-match winless streak in the league.
Southampton miss out on the chance to climb back above Manchester United into
third, while Swansea's win sees them move up a place to ninth at the expense of
Stoke City.
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