Ireland have doubled their lead over Armenia in Dublin as it looks like they will avoid UEFA Nations League relegation. 

The win makes sure that the Irish won’t get relegated to the C division and Swansea’s Michael Obafemi looks to have secured the three points.

The home side took the lead in the first half through a John Egan header and the second was a stunner from the Swansea star in the second.

Obafemi received a pass from Dara O’Shea before turning quickly and blasting the ball into the bottom left-hand corner of the net, which can be seen below.

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GOAL Rep of Ireland 2-0 Armenia

52’ Michael Obafemi with a brilliant strike from distance to give Ireland a two-goal cushion
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Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham enjoyed seeing Manchester United drop points against Southampton last night.

With Chelsea losing to Sheffield United over the weekend, it was vital for their top four hopes that United missed the opportunity to overtake them in the Premier League table.

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As the image below shows, Abraham clearly enjoyed the late equaliser from Southampton’s Michael Obafemi, who spent time in the Blues’ academy earlier in his career…

The England international liked Obafemi’s celebratory picture on Instagram, and also commented: “That’s my boy”.

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Chelsea fans will now just hope Abraham can refocus on improving his performances for Frank Lampard’s side after a bit of a dip in the second half of the season.

With the signing of Timo Werner already wrapped up this summer, these final few games could be the last chance for Abraham to impress and ensure he still has a key role to play at Stamford Bridge next season.

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A wonderful advert for the Premier League saw honours even after Michael Obafemi’s injury-time strike gave Southampton a point at Old Trafford.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can’t be disappointed by how his Man United team played, but the sucker-punch has put a dent in their Champions League qualification hopes.

Here’s how the two sides lined up for the game:

Man United, 4-2-3-1: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Pogba, Matic, Fernandes, Greenwood, Rashford, Martial.

Subs: 63’ Pogba off for Fred, 75’ Shaw off for Williams, 84’ Greenwood off for James, 84’ Fernandes off for McTominay

Southampton, 4-4-2: McCarthy, Bertrand, Bednarek, Stephens, Walker-Peters, Redmond, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Adams, Ings

Subs: 64’ Adams off for Long, 70’ Armstrong off for Smallbone, 87’ Romeu off for Obafemi

First Half

The game got off to a relatively slow start, with a congested midfield not allowing either side to get a foothold.

Southampton’s Kyle Walker-Peters was involved on a couple of occasions as he burst forward, and it was his cross-field ball that begun a move which ended with David De Gea smothering the ball.

As the game began to open up, the visitors’ defensive shape allowed them to stay on the front foot against a sprightly United outfit.

Anthony Martial should’ve done better with a one-on-one after James Ward-Prowse’s mistake, and soon after, Paul Pogba’s dallying on the ball just outside his own penalty area saw him robbed by Danny Ings before the ball was worked out to Stuart Armstrong to fire home.

Paul Pogba is caught out and Southampton strike first! ?

An ice-cool finish from Stuart Armstrong for the Saints…?

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That seemed to kick United into gear. Marcus Rashford had one ruled out for offside, but soon made up for it by bagging the equaliser on 20 minutes.

Just three minutes later, Anthony Martial walked through the home defence and smashed home United’s second.

Southampton have imploded! ?

In less than 3 minutes Manchester United have gone from 1-0 down to 2-1 up – what a match! ?

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Second Half

The pattern of the second 45 began in much the same way as the first, with Southampton pegging back United and ensuring that the hosts were having to play on the counter-attack.

Both sides continued to attack at every opportunity and there was a good ebb and flow about the game.

With chances at a premium, Southampton really should’ve had someone on the end of Walker-Peters’ inviting cross just after the hour mark.

Defensively, United were compact at the back, and it allowed the front four to take the game to their opponents.

It did leave them exposed on the odd occasion, the speed with which the Saints could break meaning that Harry Maguire et al really had to be on their mettle at all times.

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After rolling his ankle badly in the latter stages, Luke Shaw was replaced, his replacement, Brandon Williams, sticking well to his task initially.

Another brilliant run by Martial from his own half on 80 minutes deserved a goal, but as he pulled the trigger, he sent the shot high and wide.

Saints sub, Shane Long, then worked David De Gea as the visitors sensed an opportunity for a late equaliser, and it took an outstanding save from the Spaniard on 85 to keep United ahead.

Williams didn’t see out the end of the match after a sickening clash of heads left the youngster with a nasty gash that wouldn’t stop bleeding.

Southampton were still knocking at the door deep into injury time, and a wicked corner from Ward-Prowse found substitute, Michael Obafemi, at the back post to grab a deserved point.

Post-match thoughts

Man United’s unbeaten run continues, but the result was no more Southampton deserved after a polished performance.

On another day, the Saints might well have walked away from Old Trafford with all three points, and their play certainly deserved their reward.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will surely be ruing the lack of concentration right at the end of the match which dents their hopes of Champions League qualification.

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Chelsea have had a very bad day at the office with a surprise 2-0 home defeat against Southampton.

Goals from Michael Obafemi and a sublime team goal finished off by Nathan Redmond gave the Saints all three points, condemning the Blues to another poor result to add to their recent bad run.

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Chelsea have now won just five of their last 13 matches in all competitions, and just two of their last seven in the Premier League.

This result also makes it back-to-back home league defeats for the first time since 2011, according to the tweet below from Opta Joe…

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Chelsea were also beaten by Bournemouth in their last home league game, and in both these matches they’ve failed to score.

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All in all, this is rather worrying from a CFC perspective, with manager Frank Lampard going through a real rough patch after initially making this youthful squad look so impressive.

Luckily, the January transfer window is just around the corner for the west Londoners, who can finally strengthen again after being banned from making signings during the summer.

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Southampton youngster Michael Obafemi has scored a superb solo goal to give the Saints a shock 1-0 lead away to Chelsea this afternoon.

Watch below as Obafemi dances his way through the Chelsea defence before curling home a brilliant effort to give Frank Lampard’s side a big problem.

The Blues have not been at their best recently, but got back to winning ways with their impressive away win at Tottenham in their most recent game.

Still, they’re in big trouble again here after Obafemi made their defence look rather silly with this quality goal.

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