Leicester City have inflicted a humiliating defeat on a beleaguered Southampton in Friday night's Premier League clash at St Mary's.
Brendan Rodgers' side won 9-0 to match the record for biggest Premier League-winning margin.
It was also the worst defeat in Southampton's entire history and the biggest away win in Premier League history.
To call it a "clash" however would not be a fair reflection on proceedings after the opening section of the game played out.
The Foxes delivered a first-half salvo of goals against 10-man Saints before running out winners by nine clear goals.
The match had effectively ended as a contest by the 20th minute mark.
England left-back Ben Chilwell gave the visitors a 1-0 lead after just 10 minutes.
![Ryan Bertrand, Southampton, Leicester](https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2019/10/25212817/bertrand-1024x695.jpg)
Bertrand's Red
Two minutes later, Southampton were dealt another significant blow. Ryan Bertrand's high tackle caught Ayoze Perez and the decision went to VAR, ultimately leading to the Saints full-back's red card.
Five minutes later, Leicester doubled their lead through Youri Tielemans, before Perez fired in a third on 19 minutes.
Rodgers' side were in total control but didn't stop there.
Perez struck again six minutes before half-time to make it 4-0 and Jamie Vardy helped himself to the fifth at the stroke of half-time.
If Leicester let up in the second-half, it wasn't by much.
![Jamie Vardy, Ayoze Perez, Leicester, Southampton](https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2019/10/25213727/vardy-perez-1024x663.jpg)
Perez notched his hat-trick before the hour mark as he latched onto Harvey Barnes' pass on 57 minutes.
Barely two minutes later, Vardy made it 7-0 as he headed in Chilwell's delivery.
Records Set And Matched
Six minutes before the end of normal time, James Maddison scored the Foxes' eighth with an inch-perfect free-kick.
They had now come within touching distance of the Premier League record of 9-0 set by Manchester United in thrashing Ipswich 24 years ago.
But they had also inflicted Southampton's joint worst-ever defeat in the process. Last time Saints had lost 8-0 in a top-flight league game was back on November 20th 1971 when Everton thrashed them by the same scoreline.
However, that wasn't the end of it unfortunately for Southampton fans.
Vardy won a penalty deep into stoppage time and then stepped up to convert the spot-kick and make it 9-0, matching that Man United record in the process.