Manchester City's title challenge suffered near-fatal damage in a calamitous 3-1 defeat to Southampton that witnessed a hilarious own goal from Gareth Barry and a terrible error from Joe Hart.
City went behind after only seven minutes when Jason Puncheon profited from a Barry mistake but it was the nature of the following two goals that ensured the champions' trip to St Mary's would be remembered as a comedy of errors.
Hart embarrassingly let a shot slip out of his hands after 22 minutes, allowing Steven Davis to tap home from close range, before Barry then met a Rickie Lambert cross in the second half with a perfect, measured side-footed finish into the corner of his own goal.
City had already pulled one back when Edin Dzeko started and finished a fine breakaway goal, but an insipid performance meant they could not prevent a first Premier League victory for Mauricio Pochettino which takes Southampton 15th, six points clear of relegation.
On a cold and wet evening in Southampton, the reigning champions were desperately disappointing from kick-off and found themselves a goal down inside seven minutes. Puncheon robbed a culpable Barry of possession and fed Jay Rodriguez. He was denied by Hart but the ball popped out to Puncheon, who had continued his run into the box, and the winger tucked the finish away.
Rickie Lambert cut inside Gael Clichy after 22 minutes and though his shot was firm, it was hardly dangerous. Hart, though, somehow contrived to drop the ball and Davis followed up to tap the ball home and punish England's number one.
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