Saints looking for small miracle with Phillips and Camara

SOUTHAMPTON’S players have despaired over the failure to overturn striker Peter Crouch’s ban for the crucial final match of the season but goalkeeper Antti Niemi has urged the team to play their way out of trouble.

The Saints will go down if they lose at home to Manchester United on Sunday, which looks more likely after the FA rejected the striker’s bid to escape a three-match suspension for his sending-off at Crystal Palace.

Kevin Phillips and Henri Camara, who have scored 19 goals between them this season, are the men now charged with keeping the club up.