| 2¹ | LONG made space on the right and touched the ball to VAN PERSIE who touched the ball over. |
| 3¹ | MITROGLOU's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. |
| 4¹ | A header by MITROGLOU at the near post was easily collected by BUFFON. |
| 5¹ | A lovely pass from NOBLE was knocked goalbound by GASBARRONI only for the Southampton 'keeper to block. |
| 8¹ | RONALDO ran onto a delightful ball from WARD-PROWSE but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post. |
| 16¹ | VAN PERSIE fired a left foot shot wide from just outside the area. |
| 17¹ | A penalty box meleé resulted in RONALDO knocking the ball over. |
| 18¹ | A tame shot from NOBLE rolled agonisingly wide. |
| 21¹ | A thirty yard shot from MITROGLOU caused BUFFON little difficulty. |
| 25¹ | The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce shot. |
| 27¹ | A mix up in the Southampton defence enabled MITROGLOU to thump an effort wide. |
| 39¹ | The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MASCHERANO fell just wide. |
| 1² | A accurate pass fell to ORIOL ROMEU and his left foot effort went narrowly over. |
| 6² | GOAL!! A deep cross from PEPE on the left was nodded home by RONALDO at the near post. (1-0 Southampton)| 13² | A fine ball from EVRÀ on the right found RONALDO who sliced his shot wide. | | 13² | A corner fell to JONES who flicked an effort over the bar. | | 14² | CHAPPELL's shot was well held by the 'keeper. | | 16² | A shot from VAN PERSIE was hoofed off the line by CHAPPELL. | | 17² | GOAL!! A quick-witted VAN PERSIE pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (2-0 Southampton)| 31² | LONG beat NOBLE and fired the ball to RONALDO who fumbled his shot wide. | | 37² | GOAL!! Unlucky VAN PERSIE hit the crossbar before MASCHERANO rattled the ball into the net as JONES failed to clear. (3-0 Southampton)| 44² | ZEEGELAAR stroked a simple chance past the righthand post. | | | |