Leicester City caused quite a stir when they demolished 10-man Southampton by nine goals to nil on Friday Night Football.
The scoreline equalled the record for the biggest margin of victory in a Premier League fixture, matching Manchester United’s 9-0 win over Ipswich Town in 1995.
It was the most comprehensive win in the top flight since, well, last month when Manchester City monstered Watford at home, running out 8-0 winners.
Naturally enough, Twitter was abuzz with excitement, bewilderment and trolling of poor Southampton, who now sit in the relegation zone with a goal difference of -16, the joint worst alongside… Watford.
Just to put into context how historic Leicester City’s 9-0 win really was:
9 – Leicester have recorded the biggest-ever victory by an away side in an English top-flight league match in the 131-year history of the Football League. Supreme. pic.twitter.com/7VXJIYiGiW
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 25, 2019
It runs in the family.
Only two #PL keepers have seen their team score 9️⃣ and kept a clean sheet@Pschmeichel1: (1995) Man Utd 9-0 Ipswich@kschmeichel1: (2019) Southampton 0-9 Leicester pic.twitter.com/WYyLfUh84L
— Premier League (@premierleague) October 25, 2019
Sunderland enjoyed it, anyway.
https://t.co/OVDxbC5uhn pic.twitter.com/iYo0MQfFEe
— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) October 25, 2019
PARKLIFE
Southampton 0 – 9 Leicester City pic.twitter.com/sDYyQ1RgMm
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) October 25, 2019
Seems accurate.
https://twitter.com/PRINCE_Xtra/status/1187818508937256964?s=20
Unwanted records are the best kind of record.
Four teams hold the unwanted record for fewest goals scored away from home in a single Premier League season: 19 games, 8 goals scored.
Leicester scored nine goals in 90 minutes. ???? pic.twitter.com/c2TTzt7RtB
— Squawka (@Squawka) October 26, 2019
In case it wasn’t already clear, that’s a paddlin’.
xG map for Southampton – Leicester
sometimes you dominate *and* every shot goes in pic.twitter.com/iqkxBNto7W
— Caley Graphics (@Caley_graphics) October 25, 2019
Rinse and repeat?
If Leicester win the Premier League title it will be the most incredible achievement in English football since Leicester won the Premier League title.
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) October 25, 2019
Send in the cliches.
"Was this down to Leicester's brilliance or simply Southampton just falling apart?"
Me:
Don't say it.
Don't say it.
Don't say it.
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Don't say it.A pundit: "Little bit of both, I think…"
— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) October 25, 2019
Saints aren’t sore after that, nah not at all.
“Enjoy the points, Leicester. I hope they make you happy…” pic.twitter.com/4UgyNxzGUA
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) October 25, 2019
Imagine the boost this would’ve given to the novelty t-shirt industry.
The real victim of Leicester's 9-0 win is all the deleted 'SouthampTEN' tweets.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) October 25, 2019
You can’t discount the Brendan Rodgers effect, of course.
Goals scored so far this Premier League season
Leicester City: 25
Liverpool: 21Vardy Maddison Perez > Salah Mane Firmino
Fact.
— The Football Hub (@TheFootbaIlHub) October 25, 2019
He has form in this department after all.
Brendan Rodgers is the only manager whose teams have had both a 5-0 half-time lead (Leicester at Southampton today) and a 5-0 half-time deficit (Liverpool at Stoke in 2015) in Premier League games.
— Richard Jolly ???????? (@RichJolly) October 25, 2019
Scottish Premiership > English Premier League.
“This was the sort of beating Brendan Rodgers was used to dishing out in Scotland” says Sky’s EPL commentator as Leicester are 7-0 up.
Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic never scored 7 goals in a league match.
Who’s league’s tinpot now?
— Matt Greer (@Matt24Greer) October 25, 2019
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