Saints avoid lowest points tally after draw with City to salvage a sliver of a silver lining in what has been a bleak season.
Saints avoid the fate of being the worst team in PL history after a goalless draw vs Man City.
Due to their terrible relegation just two weeks before Easter, Southampton supporters have had very little occasions to celebrate this season.
But after surpassing Derby County’s record Premier League low total of 11 points from 2007–08, their class of 2025 has at least avoided being included to a pub quiz question.
Even though Southampton was struggling at the end of their 0-0 draw with Manchester City at home, they managed to hang on and climb up to 12 points for the season.
Not all-timers, but simply generationally impoverished.
Aaron Ramsdale, the goalie, who has experienced relegation before, remained silent for the whole of the match as Pep Guardiola’s team failed to get out of first gear to scare him.
He was forced into action, however, as the clock approached extra time. He beat Omar Marmoush with a dipping drive that crashed against the crossbar after tipping away a header from Ruben Dias.
Saints marked the draw with a message to Derby on social media, saying “Sorry if we got your hopes up”.
And Ramsdale added: “Not one person outside our dressing room thought we could do anything today and rightly so. People thought we would get zero points for the rest of the season, it was down to us.
“Everyone knows it’s been a difficult season for us. The sun was shining, Man City threw everything at us. That one was for the fans.
“We’re not happy at all with how the season has gone but we are definitely happy with the fact we have managed to avoid that record.
“We are under no illusion it’s still not a great points tally, but it’s that one off our back.”