Charlie Austin escapes FA punishment

Austin was left fuming after he believed that the officials cost his side all three points against Watford. 

Manolo Gabbiadini put Southampton 1-0 up against Watford at St Mary's, and Austin thought he had doubled their advantage with a deflected strike midway through the second half.

Despite his fine strike, the assistant referee ruled the goal out to Austin's disbelief. 

After the match, Austin said: "It's ridiculous. They shouldn't be in the game. They get a point. We scored a perfectly good goal to make it 2-0 and the game is done and dusted. We won the game, but the officials cost us two points today.

"They said it was offside. They said it hit Maya [Maya Yoshida], but it didn't. I hit it twice. It hit me and bobbed up. That's why it has done Foster. It's a joke.

"You go on about VAR this and VAR that, help the officials out. Clearly they need help. We play in the Premier League, the best league in the world, the most-watched league in the world."

The FA have chosen not to punish Austin's comments.