Ka taƙaita labarin:  Ronald Koeman yana da ranakun haihuwa mafi muni. A ranar da ya cika shekaru 52, Southampton ya ci gaba da neman kwallon kafa ta Turai, kuma Burnley da kansu sun shirya shi kyauta. Shane Long ya fara buga kwallo a gasar Premier ta Barclays tun daga watan Nuwamba kuma wata kwallo da Jason Shackell ya zura ta yi nasara a kan kungiyar Burnley da ke barazanar komawa inda suka fito a kakar da ta gabata. Game da Southampton zai dauki wani aiki don kawar da su. A daidai lokacin da Arsenal, Liverpool da Manchester United suka yi tunanin cancantar gasar zakarun Turai ta farko ita ce ta farko a tsakanin su, wannan ya zama abin tunatarwa. Shane Long ne ya fara cin kwallaye da kwallo ta farko a gasar Premier ta Barclays tun a watan Nuwamba. Long ya yi murnar sanya Southampton a gaba a minti na 37 a kan Burnley a ranar Asabar. Southampton (4-2-3-1): Forster 6 (K. Davis 14, 7.5); Clyne 6, Fonte (c) 6, Alderweireld 6, Bertrand 8; Schneiderlin 6, S. Davis 6.5; Mane 6.5, Tadic 6 (Wanyama 46, 6), Dogon 7.5; Pelle 6.5. Ba a amfani da Subs: Yoshida, Gardos, Djurcic, Ward-Prowse, Elia. Manajan: Ronald Koeman 7. Goals: Long (37), Shackell (OG 58) An yi rajista: Babu. Burnley (4-4-2): Heaton 6; Mee 6, Schakell (c) 5, Duff 5.5, Trippler 6; Barnes 6 (Wallace 82), Arfield 6, Jones 5.5, Boyd 6.5; Vokes 6.5 (Jutkiewicz 74, 6), Ings 5.5 (Sordell 88) Ba a yi amfani da Subs ba: Gilks, Kightly, Keane, Reid. Mai gudanarwa: Sean Dyche 6. Makasudai: BA. An yi rajista: BA. Kieran Gill a filin wasa na St. Mary. Jason Shackell ya ci kwallo a St Mary's. Danna nan don hidimar yankin wasanmu. "'Yaran sun ba ni kyauta mafi kyau don ranar haihuwata,' in ji Koeman, wanda taron St Mary's suka yi wa'azi tare da fassarar Happy Birthday. Kyakkyawan nasara. Wannan nasara ce mai muhimmanci. Abubuwa uku. Kyauta mai kyau. Duk da haka yana da matukar damuwa a wasu lokuta, kamar yadda ya kamata ya kasance a kan tawagar da ke gwagwarmayar rayuwarsu a Premier League. Burnley, sabo da doke Manchester City a makon da ya gabata, ya sa Saints su yi waka don abincin dare. Southampton ya koma cikin wani batu na Liverpool, ko da yake wasa daya gaba, kuma ya yi haka ba tare da Fraser...
Shane Long ya zura kwallo ta farko a gasar Premier ta Barclays tun watan Nuwamba don sanya Saints gaba. Jason Shackell ya karkatar da giyar Ryan Bertrand zuwa raga na biyu na Southampton. Dole ne a kwashe mai tsaron raga Fraser Forster a kan bargo bayan wani kalubale mara kyau daga Sam Vokes. Manajan Ronald Koeman ya sami farin ciki daga taron St Marys tare da fassarar su na Happy Birthday.