Dan Kilpatrick on Southampton 0-5 Tottenham

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Tottenham thrashed sorry Southampton 5-0 at St. Mary's in a confidence-boosting win ahead of the midweek Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United and next Sunday's meeting with Liverpool.James Maddison scored at the start and finish of the first half, putting Spurs in front after just 36 seconds and adding a fifth deep into stoppage time.In between, Heung-min Son, Dejan Kulusevski and Pape Matar Sarr also punished an abject Saints, prompting the home fans to openly turn on boss Russell Martin.

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00:00I'm outside Southampton's St Mary's Stadium after what was more or less the perfect evening for Tottenham

00:04who thrashed, sorry, Southampton 5-0 here to lift the mood, ease the pressure on head coach

00:10Anto Postogoglu and give them a much needed confidence boost ahead of Thursday's Carabao Cup

00:14quarterfinal at home to Manchester United and the visit of league leaders Liverpool next weekend.

00:20Southampton were really abject so it was difficult to read too much into Spurs' performance and the

00:24result but you can only beat what's in front of you and Spurs were clinical and devastating in

00:29the first half particularly James Madison who opened the scoring after 36 seconds and scored

00:33and stopped his time of the first half as well and Heung-Min Son who was really good in the

00:38opening period and went off at half time. The Saints fans openly mutinied against their head

00:43coach Russell Martin calling for him to go and it's worth saying the away end frequently and

00:49repeatedly called for Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to go in a real sign of the mood among Spurs

00:54supporters at the moment. They also have showed their support for Postogoglu with chance for the

01:00Spurs head coach and the Spurs fans are making it clear where they feel the blame for their

01:05frustrating season so far lies. So a good night for Spurs, marred only perhaps by an injury to

01:10Destiny Goggini in the first half, they now face United in what feels like a massive game on Thursday.

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