Redknapp celebrating first win as Saints boss

FT Southampton 2 Liverpool 0

Harry Redknapp finally registered his first Barclays Premiership win as Southampton manager after his side took glorious advantage of a horror show by Liverpool.

Two up in 22 minutes, the south coast team recorded their third league win of the season thanks to goals by David Prutton and Peter Crouch – his third in consecutive games.

There could have been more as former West Ham and Portsmouth boss Redknapp, in charge for his eighth Saints league game, posted his first-ever triumph as a manager at St Mary’s.

Raven survived a penalty appeal in the 71st minute when he appeared to nudge Crouch but the referee was having nothing to do with it.

Baros and Morientes were off target and Pongolle failed to get the ball back from the left with several team-mates queuing up to finish.

Gerrard, typically, battled to the end and was just wide after another lung-bursting run with nine minutes to go.

You could not fault Southampton who had planned their strategy and finished their chances with a convincing flourish.