Aston Villa 1-1 Southampton: Clyne saves the saints from losing

Thegoalmac can reveal that Nathaniel Clyne's late strike salvaged a 1-1 draw for a below par Southampton side away to Aston Villa on Monday night, extending the hosts' winless run to eight games and leaving Chelsea six points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

Though the visiting side dictated the opening exchanges, it was Paul Lambert's men who struck the first blow; a hopeful long ball forward forced Fraser Forster to dash from his area but he was beaten to the ball by the electric pace of Gabriel Agbonlahor, who was able to finish into an unguarded net.

Southampton pushed forward in search of an equaliser and finally found it with time running out. Left-back Ryan Bertrand raced towards the byline and pulled the ball back for Clyne, who lashed a fierce shot past an otherwise excellent Brad Guzan to deny Lambert victory in his 100th game in charge of Villa.