Boufal banishes Saints' Europa League woe with fine strike vs. Boro

Sofiane Boufal's spectacular first Premier League goal proved the game-winner for Southampton to top Middlesbrough. Sofiane Boufal's spectacular first Premier League goal proved the game-winner for Southampton to top Middlesbrough. After scoring his first Premier League goal, Sofiane Boufal thanks all who helped him succeed at Southampton. Claude Puel was pleased that Southampton returned to the Premier League with a win after crashing out the Europa League. Sofiane Boufal scored the game's only goal as Southampton beat Middlesbrough. Record £16 million signing Sofiane Boufal scored a superb first Premier League goal to help Southampton banish the memory of their humiliating Europa League exit by beating Middlesbrough 1-0 on Sunday. Boufal's left foot thunderbolt eight minutes after half time was the one moment of quality in a dour match, but was enough to fire Southampton up to ninth in the table. The victory eased the pressure on under-fire manager Claude Puel following Thursday's limp European KO at the hands of Israeli...