Premier Rishi Sunak was all smiles within the director's field outdoors Southampton in opposition to Fulham at St. Mary's however there was no completely happy end result for the Saints in a 2-0 loss that confirmed their relegation to the Championship on Saturday .
Sunak, who's from Southampton, was on the town for Saturday's Premier League match and seemed in excessive spirits as he chatted together with his entourage forward of the sport.
Southampton wanted a win to have any likelihood of avoiding the autumn with simply three video games to play and Saints got here on stage on the break.
But second-half objectives from Carlos Vinicius and Aleksandar Mitrovic condemned the south coast membership to a twenty fourth defeat in 36 Premier League video games this season and means they may play Championship football subsequent season.
The Saints, who had three managers in a disastrous marketing campaign, are actually nearly sure to complete backside of the desk as properly.
With two video games to play, they sit final on simply 24 factors, six factors behind Nineteenth-placed Leicester, having performed one sport greater than the Foxes and with a vastly inferior aim distinction.
Southampton returned to the Premier League in 2012 and have been within the high flight for the previous 11 seasons however will now have to return again after this newest setback.
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