Shane Long scores fastest goal in EPL history, 7.69sec in Southampton vs Watford
Southampton striker Shane Long has scored the fastest goal in English Premier League history, netting after just seven seconds against Watford at Vicarage Road.
The 32-year-old wrote his name in the record books on Tuesday when he charged down a Craig Cathcart clearance before running through on goal and lobbing the ball calmly over goalkeeper Ben Foster.
The precise time was clocked at 7.69 seconds.
Shane Long celebrates his historic EPL goal. PA AAP
Long snatched the record from former Tottenham Hotspur defender Ledley King, who scored after 9.9 seconds against Bradford in 2000.
Alan Shearer scored the third-fastest goal, in 10.4 seconds, for Newcastle against Manchester City in 2003.
Long's goal was his third in the last four games, although the 32-year-old has netted on just one other occasion in all competitions this season.
