Southampton ended its decline

Valencian Rubén Sellés’ Southampton It became this Saturday the first drop of the Premier 2022-23. After chaining 11 consecutive years In the highest category of English football, Southampton sealed their relegation after losing 0-2 against Fulham and became the first team of the season to lose in the relegation category of the Championship (the English Second).

Rubén Sellés did not perform the miracle that his team needed to save the category. He took charge of Southampton on an interim basis for the second time this season on 12 February following the sacking of Nathan Jones. However, after beating Chelsea 0-1 on his debut, his bosses opted to keep him until the end of the season.

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The mission is very complex. Southampton, bottom club, have fifteen games ahead to get out of a very deep hole. Selles tried, opening with three more wins and two consecutive draws, but from matchday 29 he started to fall again.

Defeats against West Ham (1-0), Manchester City (1-4), Crystal Palace (0-2), Bournemouth (0-1), Newcastle (3-1), Nottingham Forest (4-3) and the draw against Arsenal (3-3), They put Southampton one draw away from losing in the category before facing Fulham.

It was only worth adding three points to keep their options and they didn’t get even one. Southampton played very nervously, with the pressure weighing on him and his only smile turned on 47 minutes when VAR ruled Carlos Alcaraz slightly offside in the only chance he conceded before receiving the first jug of cold water.

Carlos Vinicius gave it to him, with a shot from inside the area he opened the scoring to sink his rivals, who finally raised the white flag with the second, the work of Aleksandar Mitrovic thanks to the final header with twenty minutes to go.

0-2 was too much for Southampton, who needed three goals to stay in the match to avoid losing the category. He did not achieve them and after eleven consecutive seasons in the Premier League, he said goodbye at the back door to leave the memory of his fans with great seasons like 2015-16 where he finished an important sixth position.