This archive report was first published on 6 July 2020.
Published on July 6, 2020, Southampton's Che Adams scored his first goal for the club in a stunning long-range strike, beating Manchester City 1-0 and condemning Pep Guardiola's side to a third successive away loss in the Premier League.
Adams signed for Saints from Birmingham City for a reported 15 million pounds ($18.72 million) in July 2019, but had failed to score in his previous 24 league appearances for the team.
However, after Oleksandr Zinchenko gave the ball away, Adams spotted City's Brazilian keeper Ederson far off his line and beat him with a beautiful lofted drive from over 30 metres out.
Manchester City responded with a wave of attacks, but came up against Southampton keeper Alex McCarthy in inspired form, who saved a powerful drive from Raheem Sterling, a goalbound header from David Silva, and then kept out Riyad Mahrez with his feet.
Despite intense pressure from City after the break, Saints held on for a win that moves them up to 13th and 43 points from 33 games, while City stay on 66 points, 23 adrift of champions Liverpool.
