Southampton 1-3 West Ham: 5 things we learned

In for a long one

With Claude Puel having lost both Jose Fonte and Virgil van Dijk to West Ham and injury respectively, the French manager may have been alarmed having ended the January window without a new centre-half.

With Van Dijk facing up to three months out the Saints look set for a tough run in and may now be concerned over getting dragged into a relegation scrap.