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Josh Murray

Why Nottingham Forest fans can celebrate Leicester City's record win over Southampton

Nottingham Forest saw an unwanted Premier League record of their own put to bed as Leicester City thrashed Southampton tonight (Friday).

Brendan Rodgers' in-form Foxes cruised to a 9-0 triumph over the 10-man Saints, with Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy both notching hat-tricks.

Ben Chilwell, Youri Tielemans and James Maddison completed the eye-catching scoring for the visitors, who were helped by an early red card for Southampton full-back Ryan Bertrand.

Ron Atkinson (Getty)

The result ensured Leicester broke the record for the biggest ever away win in top-flight history.

The previous record home defeat in the Premier League lay with Forest, who were thrashed 8-1 by Manchester United in February 1999.

Alan Rogers briefly cancelled out Dwight Yorke's early opener in that game, and it was only 2-1 at half-time.

But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer netted four off the bench as Sir Alex Ferguson's side took another step towards that historic treble, while Ron Atkinson's Forest set their own unwanted record on the way to relegation.

That record, though, has now been broken by Southampton in losing 9-0 at home in the League.

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