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Martin: Game was like basketball!

Martin: Game

By Alex Smith
SOUTHAMPTON 5

Rothwell 49, 50, Lees (og) 80, Mara 84, Edozie 90
HUDDERSFIELD TN 3

Thomas 36, Kasumu 45, Matos 65

RUSSELL Martin joked about hating the basketball nature of his Southampton side’s breathless victory over Huddersfield.
Saints were 2-0 and 3-2 down and looking at their 24-game unbeaten run ending, before a crazy second half. Although they kept their club record run going to a quarter of a century, master of perfection Martin was less enthralled by the madness.
He said: “I enjoyed the feeling at the end. That isn’t my kind of game. It was like basketball at one p...

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