Saints and Huddersfield share spoils in season-ender

Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton v Huddersfield Town - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - May 12, 2019 Huddersfield Town's Christopher Schindler in action with Southampton's Angus Gunn REUTERS/David Klein

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Southampton and relegated Huddersfield Town battled to a 1-1 draw on the last day of the Premier League season after Alex Pritchard cancelled out a Nathan Redmond opener for the Saints on Sunday.

Shane Long came close for Southampton and Aaron Mooy forced a good save from Angus Gunn at the other end before Redmond fired the home side into a 40th-minute lead with a goal of the highest quality.

Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton v Huddersfield Town - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - May 12, 2019 Southampton's Charlie Austin in action with Huddersfield Town's Jon Gorenc Stankovic Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

The forward cut inside before he fired the ball into the top corner past visiting keeper Joel Coleman, who kept out an almost identical effort by James Ward-Prowse shortly after the break.

Huddersfield took advantage and equalised in the 55th minute after a howler by Gunn.

He was slow to react to a simple back pass by Ryan Bertrand and Pritchard capitalised as he got to the ball first and rolled it into an empty net after rounding the keeper.

Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton v Huddersfield Town - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - May 12, 2019 Southampton's James Ward-Prowse in action with Huddersfield Town's Jonathan Hogg REUTERS/David Klein

Striker Charlie Austin missed Southampton's final chance to snatch a late winner, bending his shot wide in stoppage time.

(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Ian Chadband)

Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton v Huddersfield Town - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - May 12, 2019 Huddersfield Town's Alex Pritchard scores their first goal REUTERS/David Klein

Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton v Huddersfield Town - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - May 12, 2019 Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl gestures to fans after the match REUTERS/David Klein

Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton v Huddersfield Town - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - May 12, 2019 Southampton's Ryan Bertrand and Oriol Romeu in action with Huddersfield Town's Jonathan Hogg REUTERS/David Klein

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