The Championship’s automatic promotion race will go down to the final day. Ipswich’s plans of reducing Millwall’s hopes to an unlikely mathematical scenario and eliminating Middlesbrough’s altogether were dashed at St Mary’s. A pulsating draw played amid extreme tension and the highest of stakes did for Southampton’s chances of second place.
Late bedlam saw Cyle Larin score for Southampton, leaving Kieran McKenna’s hopes of completing the job before Saturday’s finale looking bleak. A rescue mission was now required, and it arrived through Jack Clarke’s lashing late finish.
