Southampton top Premier League for the first time in their history - in pictures

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl played down the significance of climbing to the top of the Premier League for the first time in their history following a 2-0 win over Newcastle.

Che Adams gave Southampton an early lead and Stuart Armstrong wrapped up all three points in the 82nd minute to put Hasenhuttl's men top of the table ahead of this weekend's fixtures.

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When asked how far Southampton can go this season, Hasenhuttl said: "I don't know. Three wins in a row is what is important for us and let's have a break now and then come back hopefully the same.

"Then we have a tough game against Wolves, they're always a very strong side, so it will be tough."

The Saints last stood at the summit of English football 32 years ago under the management of Chris Nicholl and it marks a remarkable 12 months for the Austrian manager since their 9-0 thrashing by Leicester last October.

"Maybe it's surprising, also for us," added Hasenhuttl. "But no, when you look how much we've invested, the time and how good the game is at the moment - any part of the game - I don't think it's so surprising at the moment.

"We have definitely shown again today that we have every part of our game developing and this is I think the reason why the performances now (are as good as they are)."

Southampton moved level on 16 points with defending champions Liverpool but could be overtaken by the Reds, Leicester, Tottenham, Everton or Wolves this weekend.

Newcastle headed into the game on the south coast in good form, having beaten Everton 2-1 in their previous fixture, but they lacked control and managed just four shots during the game.

Magpies boss Steve Bruce lamented his side's performance after the match, saying: "I think we gave the ball away in a good area for the first goal, which at this level is something you can't do, and we did it twice. But, to be honest with you, we were caught too many times.

"We've been all week talking about how good Southampton are in that press and they come after you and they come after you quick, and the one thing you have to do is play well in front of them and we simply couldn't do that.

Bruce was particularly disappointed that his side could not match the performance level they produced against Everton.

"I think that's the biggest frustration that I have," he added. "We weren't anywhere near.

"You ask yourself why. I think consistency is the big thing which upsets me the most because we didn't look anything near tonight where we were five days ago."

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Dubai works towards better air quality by 2021

Dubai is on a mission to record good air quality for 90 per cent of the year – up from 86 per cent annually today – by 2021.

The municipality plans to have seven mobile air-monitoring stations by 2020 to capture more accurate data in hourly and daily trends of pollution.

These will be on the Palm Jumeirah, Al Qusais, Muhaisnah, Rashidiyah, Al Wasl, Al Quoz and Dubai Investment Park.

“It will allow real-time responding for emergency cases,” said Khaldoon Al Daraji, first environment safety officer at the municipality.

“We’re in a good position except for the cases that are out of our hands, such as sandstorms.

“Sandstorms are our main concern because the UAE is just a receiver.

“The hotspots are Iran, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq, but we’re working hard with the region to reduce the cycle of sandstorm generation.”

Mr Al Daraji said monitoring as it stood covered 47 per cent of Dubai.

There are 12 fixed stations in the emirate, but Dubai also receives information from monitors belonging to other entities.

“There are 25 stations in total,” Mr Al Daraji said.

“We added new technology and equipment used for the first time for the detection of heavy metals.

“A hundred parameters can be detected but we want to expand it to make sure that the data captured can allow a baseline study in some areas to ensure they are well positioned.”

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