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Boost for Southampton as Rodriguez fires hat-trick against Liverpool

Southampton have been handed a huge boost in Jay Rodriguez's road back to full fitness.

Rodriguez has endured a terrible spell on the sidelines over the past two years due to various injury problems, including a sever knee problem, but the striker has been stepping up his bid to return to the first team recently and he certainly displayed promising signs in Southampton U21's 5-0 victory over Liverpool.

The 26-year-old bagged a fine hat-trick by scoring on the 35th, 55th and 64th minutes respectively and he expressed his delight by posting the following message on Twitter.

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