Shane Long

Shane Long Southampton's Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick in under three minutes as Aston Villa's survival hopes suffered a blow in a 6-1 loss.

Shane Long Southampton moved out of the bottom three as they beat Swansea 1-0 and boss Claude Puel felt that his side should have won more comfortably

Chelsea

Shane Long Leicester City failed to find a way back against 10-man Southampton, who moved out of the Premier League's drop zone with a 2-1 win.

Shane Long Following three consecutive wins and with key men returning, spirits are high at Liverpool ahead of their midweek League Cup assignment.

Mick McCarthy

Shane Long Shane Long came off the bench to spoil Steve McClaren's first game in charge of Newcastle United and rescue a 2-2 draw for Southampton.

Shane Long Robbie Keane insists the Republic of Ireland's football authorities would be making a mistake by not offering Martin O'Neill a new contract.

Shane Long Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Rob Elliot suffered a serious knee injury in Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Slovakia.

Shane Long Despite playing for most of the game with 10 men, Stoke City held on for a hard-earned point at home to Southampton on Wednesday.