Jose Mourinho’s side surrendered all the three points away from home as Danny Ings’ 13th goal of the season secured Southampton’s third win in four matches as they beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 to move up to 11th in the table.

Ings latched on to Jack Stephens’ long pass and beat Toby Alderweireld before firing left-footed into the bottom-right corner from eight yards.

Saints started brightly, with Djenepo posing a problem for namesake Sissoko, before Ryan Bertrand’s cross was met by an indecisive Cédric at the far post, whose header back across goal bounced somewhere between the bottom corner and any onrushing teammates.

Spurs skipper Harry Kane led the visitors’ response. Kane, a scorer in each of his last six appearances against Saints, hit a 20-yard snapshot that deflected off Jan Bednarek and forced a sprawling fingertip save from Alex McCarthy.

Then Kane’s cross was helped on by Dele Alli, but safely gathered by the Saints keeper without the necessary power to trouble him.

Alli was asking questions of referee Mike Dean soon after, when he turned inside Jack Stephens and went to ground in the box, but no VAR review was forthcoming.

Back came the hosts in an entertaining start, as Nathan Redmond jinked his way into shooting territory and tested former Saint Paulo Gazzaniga, who couldn’t hold on and was bailed out by his defenders as red shirts swarmed round the loose ball.

But the deadlock was the deadlock was broken by Ings.

Latching on to a clever ball over the top from Jack Stephens, Ings left Alderweireld statuesque, as he lifted the ball over the defender’s head and changed direction in the blink of an eye, composing himself to score on his left foot after the ball dropped back down to earth.

Harry Kane had a goal disallowed for offside before limping off injured, while Lucas Moura’s deflected shot went wide of the post as Saints held on for a crucial victory.

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