Shane Long scores fastest goal in Premier League history as Southampton draw 1-1 against Watford2Photo© thequint.com

Shane Long scores fastest goal in Premier League history as Southampton draw 1-1 against Watford

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Based on the Premier League's timing, the goal was quicker than the 9.9 seconds it took Tottenham's Ledley King to score against Bradford in 2000.

Immediately after the game, which ended in a 1-1 draw, Long said he didn't realize he had put himself in the record books.

"It's a record, is it?" Long said to broadcaster Sky Sports. "Straight from the kickoff we wanted to put them under pressure. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred you block it and it doesn't work but this time it did.