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Saints see off Burnley at St Mary's

Charlie Austin scores from close range
Charlie Austin scores from close range

Southampton's Charlie Austin struck twice and Nathan Redmond also scored to secure a comfortable 3-1 win against Burnley at St Mary's in the Premier League on Sunday.
           
Austin has now got seven goals in six games but with better control - and against a less impressive keeper than Tom Heaton - he could have had a hat-trick before he scrambled the ball in from close range for the opener after 52 minutes.
           
Heaton had earlier denied the former Burnley favourite with a marvellous one-handed diving save and also foiled Redmond before the winger backed off a corner and fired cleanly past the keeper for Southampton's second on the hour.
           
Austin added the third with a penalty in the 66th after Sam McQueen was tripped while Sam Vokes netted a spot kick for Burnley in the 72nd  - their first away goal this season and the first Southampton have conceded in over 10 hours of football.

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