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Full time: Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough<\/p>\n
Extra-time, here we come. It was an incident-packed game and highly entertaining at times. But both teams look exhausted now, and I don\u2019t think anyone would complain if it went straight to penalties.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.02 EDT<\/p>\n 90 min +7: One last chance for Southampton<\/a>? They have a throw on the right.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.01 EDT<\/p>\n 90 min +6: Boro think about a counterattack, but they look quite happy for Jander to stab the ball out for a throw and save them the bother.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +5: Brittain clatters Charles. A late set-piece for Saints \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +3: Ayling and Harwood-Bellis are having words again. This time, it ends more amicably. We are going to have extra-time, it seems, and judging by the dwindling energy levels of both teams, it\u2019ll be a stalemate until penalties.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.57 EDT<\/p>\n 90 min +1: Fry challenges Larin in the area as he attempts to clear! The fans want a penalty! File that one under \u201cseen them given\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.56 EDT<\/p>\n 90 min: Five minutes added, minimum. Ayling loses it, and Larin fires a powerful shot at Brynn, who is equal to it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.54 EDT<\/p>\n 88 min: Extra-time looms nearer. Southampton<\/a> are huffing and puffing but not posing any serious threat right now. Samuel Edozie is also on for Saints. Scienza and Stewart both off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.53 EDT<\/p>\n 85 min: Azaz is fouled and Southampton<\/a> have a free-kick in a dangerous spot, on their right wing. Malanda clears it for a corner.<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to remember the last time Middlesbrough<\/a> really threatened the Saints goal.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.50 EDT<\/p>\n 84 min: Both teams are tiring. Feels like it\u2019s going a bit flat, like they\u2019ve both settled for extra-time \u2026 Now here is Cyle Larin, on for Southampton<\/a>, who has scored six goals in his last nine games.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 83 min: Change for the visitors: Leo Castledine is on for Strelec.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min: Now there is more argy-bargy, when Morris goes to get a ball for a throw-in, but the ballboy won\u2019t give it to him. A few of the substitutes get \u201cin and around\u201d it.<\/p>\n Sound the handbags klaxon. Photograph: Sean Ryan\/IPS\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.57 EDT<\/p>\n 80 min: \u201cJust a quick note,\u201d emails Karl.<\/p>\n \u201cDefinitely not a contribution either way in the \u201ceveryone should or should not pronounce every foreign-to-them word correctly\u201d debate, to be clear \u2013 the commentator pronouncing it \u201cMatski\u201d is probably an attempt at the correct Japanese pronunciation, where some syllables that are written out in the romanised spelling are often swallowed or elided. Thus the family name Matsuki should sound closer to \u201cMatski\u201d, and not \u201cMat-soo-kee\u201d, as most English speakers would probably default to.\u201d<\/p>\n Thank you.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min: Malanda coughs up a foul on Azaz near halfway and is booked. Southampton<\/a> continue to look the more threatening now, after Boro\u2019s storming start. Will we have a winner in normal time?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min: Scienza battles on. He wins a corner. The set-piece is headed over by Harwood-Bellis with the goalie nowhere near it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 75 min: \u201cIf this games goes to penalties,\u201d writes John Brennan, \u201cI\u2019d advise either team not to have Finn Azaz or Alan Browne take penalties after their diabolical efforts for Ireland in Prague!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min: We can be sure that the EFL are praying for Boro to win this, given the fact that Southampton<\/a> imminently face a misconduct hearing that could even see them thrown out of the playoffs. It could be a real mess.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.37 EDT<\/p>\n 73 min: Middlesbrough<\/a> change: Alan Browne is on for Conway.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min: Space to attack for Southampton<\/a>. Azaz hits a shot from the edge that is blocked. Conway has gone down injured for the visitors, he looks hurt, and the players all go to their coaches during the break in play.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.35 EDT<\/p>\n 68 min: After a Saints move breaks down, McGree sends a lovely raking pass over for Whittaker on the Boro right. He cuts inside and is lucky to get a corner after a poor off-target effort. That was a waste because the Southampton<\/a> defence, initially, was badly out of shape.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.33 EDT<\/p>\n 66 min: Saints change: Flynn Downes on for Matsuki.<\/p>\n I\u2019m glad, in a way, because the commentator seems to think he\u2019s called \u201cMatski\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.29 EDT<\/p>\n 65 min: Next up, Fry is at the far post from a Boro free-kick. He\u2019s in plenty of space but his header, then cross-shot, are blocked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min: Saints counterattack! And Scienza is brought down by Ayling in the area \u2026 Southampton<\/a> want a penalty, of course, but the referee isn\u2019t having it! There was a definite push, but not enough for Madley to point to the spot. Cue fan fury, not to mention manager fury.<\/p>\n Leo Scienza, like the Southampton fans, claims for a penalty after hitting the deck following a challenge by Boro\u2019s Luke Ayling. Photograph: Warren Little\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.48 EDT<\/p>\n 62 min: Does feel like Saints have had the best of it, refereeing-wise, but this remains finely balanced. Will we have a winner in 90 minutes?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: \u201cOk so I am a bit partial,\u201d emails Stefan. \u201cAnd there\u2019s nothing more boring than whining about the referee. But I count the following which I\u2019m going to call borderline at best having gone Southampton\u2019s way.<\/p>\n 1. The penalty not given before Middlesbrough\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n 2. The foul by Stewart on Morris before his goal.<\/p>\n 3. The foul given against Conway when one on one.<\/p>\n 4. The handball by Matsuri.<\/p>\n \u201cAm I missing any?.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 59 min: Manning swivels and hits a shot for Southampton<\/a> from close range, that is deflected off Ayling, just wide! Boro are really under it at the moment \u2026 they deal with one corner, then another \u2026 Shea Charles has a shot blocked from the edge.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.23 EDT<\/p>\n 57 min: Boro have a throw in an advanced position. Brittain lobs it in. Ayling tries to flick it on but straight out for a goal kick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55 min: Southampton are in the ascendancy now. It feels like they are the more clinical of the teams, for all the positivity that Middlesbrough<\/a> have displayed, and Eckert\u2019s team perhaps won\u2019t need more than one or two clear chances to win this. We shall see.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.20 EDT<\/p>\n 51 min: A free-kick for Boro leads to a big shout for a penalty. On replay, it looks like a handball by Matsuki. The referee signals that he thinks it was off the shoulder.<\/p>\n The ball strikes Kuryu Matsuki of Southampton but the Boro players get no dice from the referee. Photograph: MDI\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.24 EDT<\/p>\n 50 min: Speaking of fouls, the telly director is replaying what looks a clear foul by Stewart before he scored the equaliser for Southampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.13 EDT<\/p>\n 48 min: Southampton\u2019s Harwood-Bellis scythes down Conway in midfield. He claims he got the ball, and he did, but he got a lot of the man too and that\u2019s a foul.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 47 min: Scienza is still on. He doesn\u2019t look to be moving freely.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Second half kick-off!<\/p>\n And I\u2019ve just switched the heating on. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sky Sports report that Ayling of Middlesbrough<\/a> has claimed Southampton\u2019s Harwood-Bellis made a discriminatory comment towards him after that foul on Scienza. Also, it is said that other players have confirmed what was said. The referee, Andy Madley, will be including the incident in his post-game report.<\/p>\n Ayling did look genuinely furious.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.10 EDT<\/p>\n A smattering of half-time reading:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.54 EDT<\/p>\n Half time: Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough<\/p>\n Tasty, pretty tasty.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +5: Middlesbrough\u2019s Conway is penalised for a soft foul when he would have been one-on-one with the keeper. Then Peretz pathetically tries to get him sent off after there is a bit of contact when the goalie comes to grab the ball and take the free-kick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.52 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min +2: Southampton<\/a> have mostly been second-best but it seems like they will go in level at the break. We\u2019ll have a minimum of six minutes added.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.52 EDT<\/p>\n Goal! 45 min: Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough (Stewart)<\/p>\n Brittain wrestles Scienza to the floor, off the ball, just outside the penalty area. The Brazilian is clearly, and rightly, a source of concern. Bree sends the resulting free-kick to the far post, where a volley by Manning is blocked, parried up in the air by Brynn, and Stewart is there to outjump Harwood-Bellis and nod the ball in!<\/p>\n Ross Stewart rises highest \u2026 Photograph: Warren Little\/Getty ImagesAnd puts the home side back on level terms. Photograph: Andrew Matthews\/PAWhich pleases the home fans. Photograph: Kieran McManus\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.59 EDT<\/p>\n 44 min: Scienza tries again down the Southampton<\/a> right. It takes two defenders to stop him and eventually he fouls Whittaker. The crowd roar their disapproval.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42 min: The free-kick, after all that controversy, is whipped in and very dangerous but is cleared for a corner by Ayling. From the corner, Azaz hits a rasping shot from the edge, and Brynn dives on it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.44 EDT<\/p>\n 39 min: The referee, Andy Madley, goes to have a chat with the managers \u2026 and something is obviously said, and the managers look ready to square up to each other! They virtually have to be separated!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.45 EDT<\/p>\n 38 min: Scienza, moving better after that injury, makes a jinking run in an advanced area, trying to turn away from Ayling. Ayling brings him down, and it\u2019s a free-kick, and Ayling is incensed. It did look like a dive. He goes in the book, but the row with the referee seems to continue, and he appears to be in danger of a second yellow card. Ayling and Harwood-Bellis were also having words.<\/p>\n Ayling is furious about something, and presumably not just what he thought was a dive by Scienza.<\/p>\n Luke Ayling (right) has words with Taylor Harwood-Bellis. Photograph: Warren Little\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.26 EDT<\/p>\n 37 min: Nathan Wood of Southampton<\/a> is booked for dissent.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 min: On balance of play, 2-0 would not flatter Middlesbrough<\/a>. They have made most of the running and kept Southampton\u2019s forward line very quiet for the most part.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 min: \u201cThe goal coming from Ayling Brittain on the right wing,\u201d emails Alex.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd they say satire is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n Excellent.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31 min: Brittain hammers another shot at the Saints goal after a corner. It\u2019s deflected but Peretz makes a good save.<\/p>\n Southampton break, and Stewart goes down in the penalty area, wanting a penalty. The fans wail, but the refereee is unmoved. And now Boro break again \u2026<\/p>\n There was a little shirt pull on Stewart by Brittain \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.34 EDT<\/p>\n 30 min: Manning swings in a vicious curling cross from the free-kick. Fry clears it with an excellent header at the near post. Scienza is back on, but not moving well.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.31 EDT<\/p>\n 28 min: Scienza has gone down with what looks a painful injury after an accidental clash with a Boro boot. The referee has a chat with Brynn, the Middlesbrough<\/a> goalie, presumably about perceived timewasting.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.29 EDT<\/p>\n 25 min: Middlesbrough<\/a> stitch together a lovely passing move, with Ayling among those showing composure and pinging the ball around in midfield. They engineer a chance for Conway, whose powerful shot is blocked, and the ball goes out for a corner. In the next phase of play Brittain belts a low shot at Peretz but the goalkeeper deals with it easily.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 23 min: Manning turns a pass inside, in an advanced area for Southampton on their left, but Morris intercepts. The first 15 minutes was really open, and it\u2019s tightened up a bit now. The co-commentator says \u201cMiddlesbrough are taking their time already \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.25 EDT<\/p>\n 21 min: Now Scienza tries a cross from the Southampton<\/a> left. But it\u2019s claimed by Brynn in goal. (I saw Scienza tearing Charlton a new one at The Valley back in November, when Saints won 5-1. Good little player.)<\/p>\n