Southampton are out of the dropzone after victory over Leicester City.

James Ward-Prowse's penalty and Shane Long's first goal for nine months earned victory at the King Power Stadium.

Long's strike, in first-half injury time, came just 120 seconds after Yan Valery had been sent off for a second bookable offence.

Wilfred Ndidi pulled a goal back in the second half for the Foxes but Claude Puel suffered defeat against his former club.

"After the red card for Yan Valery, nobody will have thought we can win this game with 55 minutes to go. It's a long time to defend against such a good team. Then we scored the second goal which is unbelievable," Saints boss Ralph Hasenhüttl said.

“Longy did a fantastic job today I think. He was hard-working, going after every ball. In the second-half we said that we will try to keep the clean sheet as long as possible and if a goal happens we stay focused and keep believing that we can take this win.

“It's a fantastic win. It can be a very important one because we showed that we act as a team with fantastic commitment. That's what I want to see.

“We showed today more of our potential that we have to bring to excellence, which is the step we want to go to. It's only possible with hard work and we had a very good week ahead of this game.

"Now I think we have made a very important step but only one, the others have to follow."