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Grim! Southampton Out of FA Cup, Beaten by Grimsby Town
Grimsby City FC have knocked out Southampton from the FA Cup following Wednesday’s 2-1 victory at St. Mary’s.
Thirty-one year-old Gavan Holohan was the hero for Grimsby City, each his targets got here from the penalty spot.
A primary half stoppage time (45+1′) penalty broke the impasse to offer the third tier facet a shock lead.
Within the fiftieth minute Holohan transformed one other penalty to double his tally and stretch the customer’s lead earlier than the bewildered house followers.
Southampton responded finally, as captain James Ward-Prowse got here off the bench and notched the help six minutes later for Duje Caleta-Automotive’s objective within the sixty fifth minute.
Joe Aribo additionally received minutes, launched off the bench for the quarter-final match, and in his look within the competitors this season.
However, Aribo couldn’t impression the sport and neither may one other substitute, Ruben Selles’ fourth allotment off the bench, Theo Walcott, who thought he had leveled (80′) for his facet, however the objective was chalked off for offside by VAR.
In the meantime, Paul Onuachu was not named within the 20-man squad for the Cup sport, however he was additionally not listed as an harm casualty.
Southampton will now flip their consideration to relegation survival battle within the PL when on Saturday they host Leicester Metropolis.
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