The inevitable has been confirmed.
Southampton's 3-1 defeat at Tottenham guaranteed what everyone had known for a long time now - they will be playing Championship football next season.
Ivan Juric's men have become the first Premier League team to be relegated with as many as seven matches still to play.
And they still need two more points to avoid taking the tag of being the worst Premier League team in history from Derby County's class of 2007/08.
With fourth-bottom Wolves 12 points clear, Saints are almost certain to be joined in the second tier by Leicester and Ipswich, with the trio needing another 19 points to avoid becoming the worst bottom three ever in the Premier League.