Southampton prolonged their unbeaten run to 18 matches as they drew 1-1 with Norwich within the Championship at Carrow Highway.
The Saints dominated the sport for lengthy durations and appeared to be heading for all three factors when Adam Armstrong transformed from shut vary halfway via the second half.
However Norwich stored battling away and earned themselves a share of the spoils within the 78th minute as fit-again substitute Josh Sargent completed off a slick transfer to register his first purpose for the Canaries since selecting up a severe harm in August.
The sample of the sport was established within the opening interval, with Southampton dominating possession and Norwich retaining them largely at arm’s size, while counting on the occasional breakaway to pose a risk.
The top consequence was a half of few clear-cut possibilities at both finish, with each keepers largely untroubled.
The Saints got here closest to breaking the impasse two minutes earlier than the break when Jack Stephens hit the woodwork after being arrange by a pleasant contact contained in the field from Armstrong.
Taylor Harwood-Bellis had despatched a free header straight at Angus Gunn for the guests, who had been hampered by the lack of Samuel Edozie halfway via the half following a poor problem from Jack Stacey.
Norwich appeared a risk on the uncommon events they’d the ball within the Southampton half and thought they’d scored on 20 minutes when Sam McCallum volleyed dwelling a Stacey cross, however the flag had already gone up for a good offside determination.
Half-time substitute Che Adams was solely narrowly off beam with an audacious 45-yard lob because the Saints continued the place they left off after the break, with Joe Aribo then sending a back-post header flashing previous the upright.
Creating clear-cut possibilities was as soon as once more a difficulty for the dominant Saints nonetheless, and it should have come as reduction as a lot as anything once they lastly acquired the purpose they deserved on 70 minutes.
The damaging Kyle Walker-Peters did the harm as he burst into the field from the left and acquired to the byline earlier than sending in a low cross that flicked off Grant Hanley for Armstrong to volley dwelling from shut vary.
Norwich appeared down and out at that stage however they lastly put collectively a good transfer of their very own with 12 minutes remaining to get again on stage phrases.
Gabriel Sara and Jon Rowe had been each concerned because the Canaries labored the ball neatly via the center to provide substitute Sargent the possibility to roll the ball previous the advancing Gavin Bazunu from simply contained in the field.
Adams headed a Ryan Fraser cross over in injury-time and Armstrong was denied by an excellent cease by Gunn as Southampton sought to revive their lead however Russell Martin’s facet needed to accept a degree.
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