James Ward-Prowse scored direct from a free-kick for the 17th time in his Premier League career when he fired Southampton ahead at Chelsea on Saturday.
The Saints midfielder beat keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga from 25 yards after placing his shot just over Chelsea's five-man defensive wall.
Ward-Prowse is now just one more free-kick goal away from equaling the EPL record set by former Manchester United star David Beckham.
Beckham scored 18 free-kick goals in 265 Premier League matches for United.
It has taken Ward-Prowse 328 EPL games to score 17.
Gianfranco Zola, Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo are joint-third on the EPL's all-time list of players with most free-kick goals, having scored 12 each.
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every freekick is penalty for him😍