Breaks Southampton’s hearts
Allardyce’s short reign there were reports of an organised protest taking place.
But fans did not heed the request of a pre-match printed flyer asking them to turn their backs to the pitch in the 18th minute or leave in the 78th (the relevance being 1878 was the year of the club’s formation).
However, with 10 minutes to go a brief chant towards Sam Allardyce rose up from the Gwladys Street End.
By then Everton had been behind for 25 minutes after Redmond had directed a far-post header between Pickford’s legs from Cedric Soares’ cross, his first goal since May 13 last year.
Redmond’s introduction deserved to be gamechanging, although whether Saints boss Hughes would have made the change so early had Mario Lemina not been injured is open to debate.
Everton’s half-time change, which saw winger Yannick Bolasie replaced by centreback Ramiro Funes Mori as Allardyce matched up Southampton’s 3-5-2, proved less impactful although the later addition of Oumar Niasse and the out-of-favour Davy Klaassen, who had just played six minutes of Premier League football since September, was slightly better.
But it was still not as good as Redmond’s performance with the former England Under-21 forward tricking his way into the area to force another save from Pickford.
Saints stopper Alex Mccarthy who had hardly been called upon up to this point, then produced a save out of the top drawer, flying high to his left to flick over Leighton Baines’ delicious free-kick, with the ball destined for the top corner.
Yoshida’s departure to a second yellow card put Southampton under unnecessary pressure and their resolve cracked deep into added time with Davies’ deflected shot.
Mccarthy looked to have the effort covered, but Hoedt stuck out a leg and diverted the ball past his own keeper.