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STAR MAN: Livewire STUART ARMSTRONG ran the show for the Saints and helped himself to yet another assist. too far for us. We needed energy, spark and quality and we couldn’t find it.”

Ralph Hasenhuttl marked his 100th game as Southampton manager with a long-awaited and much-needed victory.

Goals from James Ward-prowse and former Blade Che Adams gave Saints a first win in 10 matches, but they were dealt a blow after 12 minutes when Danny Ings went down injured off the ball and had to be replaced by Adams, whose stunning 25-yard half-volley sealed the points for the visitors.

On Ings’ injury, and Adams’ subsequent contribution, Hasenhuttl said: “It doesn’t look so good. You can be sure he will be out for a few weeks.

“But Che did well. The tough ones he makes and the easy ones sometimes not. Hopefully this will help his confidence as it is a brilliant goal.

“We knew it was an important game for us as we hadn’t won in a long time.

“There was no reason to panic as we knew we had some injuries and hadn’t had our best side on the pitch.

“I had a good feeling from the beginning, even when we lost Ingsy, as I felt we had the tools to beat them. It is important we have 33 points now and it will let us sleep a little better.”

Clyde beat Dundee United 3-1 to boost their hopes of escaping relegation.

John Mclaughlin’s double added to a George Herd strike.

Joe Caven (above) got two and Tommy Duncan one as Airdrie won 3-1 at Aberdeen.

The Airdrie players implored striker Jim Sharkey to wear his lucky bowler hat when they played Motherwell in the Scottish Cup.

Billy Russell scored a firsthalf hat-trick as Sheffield United knocked Newcastle United out of the FA Cup 3-1 at St James’ Park.