Southampton 2-1 Tottenham: 5 Talking Points

Tottenham Hotspur dealt yet another setback as relegation-threatened Southampton pulled out an incredible come back to defeat a quite rickety Spurs. Tide has drastically turned for Mauricio Pochettino's men in the recent weeks. Quite a month ago, the North London outfit were in a title race but then back to back defeats against Burnley and Chelsea saw their hopes for Premier League title fade to a great extent and now, yesterday's defeat has cast doubts over their top four finish.

While Southampton are enjoying quite mix fortunes under Ralph Hassenhatl and are still in seek to secure their place in the Premier League. Saturday's emphatic triumph over Tottenham is a pure statement of intent and this win could prove huge in their race for survival in Premier League.

Saturday's game surely as impacted significantly both halves of Premier League standings.

On this note, here are the talking points from Southampton's immense victory against the North Londoners.

#5 Harry Kane back in goals for Spurs again

Tottenham's supreme goalscorer Harry Kane was back at the office in terms of goals as he netted a beautiful strike from an outrageous lobbed pass from Dele All. Yesterday's goal means Harry Kane is placed in second in the top goal-scoring chart just one behind Sergio Aguero and has equaled Mohamed Salah.

The England international was a continuous threat for Southampton yesterday as he had 8 shots in total while only 2 of those were on target.

#4 James Ward-Prowse's brilliant free-kick and then iconic 'Ronaldo Celebration'

Hero of the night for the Saints was James Ward Prowse whose incredible 80th-minute free-kick won the game for the hosts.

But what caught the attention was Ward Prowse's imitating Cristiano Ronaldo's iconic Siiiuuu celebration after that free kick.

The 24-year-old Englishman has now six goals in Premier League this season and has become a talking point after yesterday's events at Saint Meris.

#3 Tottenham Hotspurs: From title challengers to top 4 strugglers?

Fortunes have turned for Mauricio Pochetino's Spurs in the recent weeks in the Premier League. They are experiencing a major downfall as previous consecutive losses against top-four rivals Chelsea and another relegation-threatened side Burnley significantly ended their title hopes.

Moreover, Saturday's defeat means Spurs are in doubt to secure Champions League spot next season. It has wide opened third place and now Manchester United and Chelsea have an advantage over wobbling Tottenham.

#2 Ralph Hasenhüttl proving to be the right man for Saints at the right time

Although it has not been a quite superb start to life in Premier League for Austrian tactician Ralph Hasenhüttl, it looks like he is doing enough for Southampton's Premier League survival.

Southampton is now out of relegation zone as they occupy 16th position in the standings and the Austrian manager's tactics are now bearing fruits.

Since undertaking managerial post at the Saints, Hasenhüttl has registered big wins against Arsenal and Tottenham and drawn versus Chelsea.

#1 Competition hots up for achieving third, fourth place and avoiding the relegation zone

Premier League has come to its the business end and coming weeks will decide seasons of the clubs. In a flash, Tottenham's top four hopes are hanging to a thread while Southampton are out of the relegation zone for the time being.

Tonight, Manchester United have a chance to go level on points with Spurs while Chelsea can also potential to surpass the North Londoners as they have a couple of matches in hand.

All this suggests that we could be in for great drama in the coming months and let's remember, this is Premier League! Anything can happen here.