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Article: Football: SAINTS UP THE ANTTI; Fulham 2 Saints 2 Comeback proves they are no Cup pushovers.(Sport)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2003
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Byline: DARREN LEWIS
IF you thought it was impossible to have a thrilling Antti-climax, you should have been at Loftus Road on Saturday.
Dead and buried when trailing 2-0 with 10 minutes to go, Southampton staged a superb fightback to steal a point.
And the Antti-hero of the hour, the man responsible for that flying finish, was Southampton's very own flying Finn Antti Niemi.
In a last, desperate throw of the dice after James Beattie had pulled one back for Saints, goalkeeper Niemi took a leaf out of Peter Schmeichel's book and went up for ...