Pochettino to keep faith with his young Saints

Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino expressed his confidence in Luke Shaw, Calum Chambers and James Ward-Prowse after the trio of 18-year-olds helped Saints to a 1-0 victory at West Brom.

All three of the England youth internationals made notable contributions to Southampton’s opening-day triumph having been named in the first 11, with defender Shaw earning the penalty, via a challenge by Youssouf Mulumbu, from which Rickie Lambert scored the winning goal in the 90th minute.

Asked about Shaw, his fellow full-back Chambers — who was making his first senior start — and midfielder Ward-Prowse, Pochettino said: “All I can say is that I am confident they are good enough players to play in this league.