Boufal's wonder strike answers Saints' prayers


Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - October 21, 2017 Southampton's Sofiane Boufal celebrates scoring their first goal with manager Mauricio Pellegrino REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

(Reuters) - Goals have been in such short supply at St Mary's of late, where Southampton had failed to score in eight of their past 11 games, that even a scuffled six-yarder is to be savoured.

But Sofiane Boufal did much better than that on Saturday, powering through the heart of West Bromwich Albion's midfield, switching the ball from one foot to the other and threading it past Ben Foster to score a stunning 85th-minute winner for the Saints - the only goal of the game.

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