ronald koeman has had worse birthdays on the same day he turned 52, southampton kept themselves in the hunt for european football, and it was gift wrapped by burnley themselves shane long’s first strike in the barclays premier league since november and an own goal by jason shackell did the trick against a burnley team threatened with being sent back to where they came from last season as for southampton it will take some doing to get rid of them just when arsenal, liverpool and manchester united thought champions league qualification was primarily a scrap among themselves, this served as a reminder shane long opened the scoring with his first goal in the barclays premier league since november  long celebrates putting southampton ahead in the 37th minute against burnley on saturday  southampton (4 2 3 1): forster 6 (k davis 14, 75); clyne 6, fonte (c) 6, alderweireld 6, bertrand 8; schneiderlin 6, s davis 65; mane 65, tadic 6 (wanyama 46, 6), long 75; pelle 65  subs not used: yoshida, gardos, djurcic, ward prowse, elia  manager: ronald koeman 7  goals: long (37), shackell (og 58) booked: none  burnley (4 4 2): heaton 6; mee 6, schakell (c) 5, duff 55, trippler 6; barnes 6 (wallace 82), arfield 6, jones 55, boyd 65; vokes 65 (jutkiewicz 74, 6), ings 55 (sordell 88) subs not used: gilks, kightly, keane, reid  manager: sean dyche 6  goals: none  booked: none  match rating by kieran gill at st mary's stadium  jason shackell's own goal at st mary'sclick here for our match zone service  ‘the boys gave me the best present for my birthday,’ said koeman, who was serenaded by the st mary’s crowd with their rendition of happy birthday ‘a good win an important win three points nice present’ yet it was horribly tense at times, as it should be against a team fighting for their premier league lives burnley, fresh from beating manchester city last week, made the saints sing for their supper southampton moved to within a point of liverpool, albeit a game ahead, and did so without fraser forster, the keeper with the most clean sheets in the premier league this season no sooner had the game got started than it was interrupted when forster, named in roy hodgson’s england squad this week, had to be carried off on a stretcher after 14 minutes following an innocuous challenge by sam vokes there was nothing in it as the burnley striker tried to block the goalkeeper’s clearance but forster was replaced by the 38 year old kelvin davis, and koeman does not think he will be able to feature for england this month burnley shot themselves in the foot in the 58th minute when jason shackell diverted ryan bertrand's cross into his own net  burnley defender jason shackell looks dejected after scoring an own goal against southampton  yet southampton made do without forster, and long settled their nerves on 38 minutes a deflected low drive by nathaniel clyne from the right corner of the penalty area somehow found the unmarked forward at the back post a simple tap in was all that was required, and the irishman obliged southampton have dropped just two points from winning positions this season — fewer than any other team — but this was scrappy, to say the least graziano pelle should have scored, and passed the dreaded 1,000 minute mark in the premier league since his last goal he hit the crossbar from close range, produced air kicks, had headers saved, and his luck never improved ‘the first half was a little bit more difficult we had good chances to score more than one goal,’ koeman added ‘there was good movement, good attacking, good chances ‘pelle was a little unlucky, but he was working hard that’s what you have to do if you don’t score your team rate is importantthe goals will come,’ insisted koeman it was a good win’ the game died when burnley shot themselves in the foot in the 58th minute ryan bertrand had been a nuisance throughout, and his cross led to an outstretched knee by burnley defender shackell turning ryan bertrand’s cross into his own net under no pressure southampton, then, remain in the race, and the seemingly impossible remains possible southampton keeper fraser forster was injured after 14 minutes following an innocuous challenge by danny ings  referee roger east checks on a stricken forster in the penalty area  forster was carried off on a stretcher after colliding with burnley striker ings  forster was replaced by 38 year old substitute goalkeeper kelvin davis on saturday  burnley keeper thomas heaton saves bravely at the feet of graziano pelle  burnley striker sam vokes controls the ball at st mary's stadium  burnley's ashley barnes dives in to tackle southampton's nathaniel clyne  southampton manager ronald koeman was serenaded by saints fans on his 52nd birthday  burnley manager sean dyche shows his frustration as his side went down to defeat at southampton 
shane long first the barclays premier league november jason shackell ryan bertrand's second southampton fraser forster sam vokes ronald koeman st marys
shane long scored his first goal in the barclays premier league since november to put saints ahead . jason shackell diverted ryan bertrand's cross into his own net for second southampton goal . keeper fraser forster had to be carried off on a stretcher following an innocuous challenge by sam vokes . manager ronald koeman was serenaded by the st marys crowd with their rendition of happy birthday 