Southampton: Southampton beat Arsenal 2-0 at St. Mary's in the English Premier League on Thursday to maintain their surprise challenge for Champions League football.
Sadio Mane's third goal in as many games from the narrowest of angles gave Southampton the lead in the 34th minute against one of their rivals for a top-four finish.
Mane brushed past Laurent Koscielny and beat Wojciech Szczesny to a throughball after the Arsenal goalkeeper inexplicably rushed far out of his goal, and Mane curled the ball over him and into the net from a tight angle.
Dusan Tadic lashed in from close range after Mathieu Debuchy and Szczesny failed to clear a cross from Steven Davis in the 56th.
In the other match, a late goal from George Boyd earned Burnley a point in an entertaining 3-3 draw with Newcastle.
Steven Taylor put Newcastle ahead after only 15 minutes at St. James' Park but the lead was short lived as an own goal by Paul Dummett four minutes later hauled Burnley level.
Watched by interim Newcastle manager John Carver, midfielder Jack Colback restored the hosts' advantage with a superb long-range strike in the 26th.
Burnley started strongly in the second half, and Danny Ings leveled in the 66th with a glancing header from Michael Kightly's cross before Moussa Sissoko converted Ayoze Perez's delivery in the 78th to put Newcastle ahead for the third time.
But Boyd earned Burnley a crucial point in its fight for Premier League survival with a neat finish, scoring one-on-one against Jak Alnwick in the 86th.
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