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He punched holes in the air, he hugged his coaches blue and then he smothered any player within reach. If Ralph Hasenhuttl's reaction taught us anything on Saturday evening, it is that a draw against Manchester City feels as good as a win.
As well it might. Pep Guardiola's bunch had won 12 straight games, stretching back to October, so good on Southampton. They pressed City so hard they almost made oil, and they cut through the backline so often that it was a draw well deserved.
Now consider this — City have dropped only 12 points this season. Four of those have come in draws with Southampton, so a third of the damage sustained across 23 games has been inflicted by one team.
Jack Grealish has scored just twice in 16 Premier League appearances for Manchester City
If the rest of the division could chip in once in a while, we might not be staring at such a canyon to second place.
But at least there is a glimmer of hope for the chasers now, and indeed a reminder that City have minor fallibilities — even if Guardiola did take certain liberties with his assessment of how it played out.
'All of you judge the result, I try to judge the performance,' he said. 'If you believe every game we have to win 5-0, 6-0, I'm sorry, it
