The Southampton goalkeeper discusses his father’s cycling accident, his
England hopes and Saints’ remarkable revivalAs Alex McCarthy acknowledges, it has been a rather strange season for Southampton, a seesaw of emotions from that nightmarish pummelling by Leicester at St Mary’s to an extraordinary run of eight wins in their past 11 league matches.
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McCarthy made his first league start of the season following that 9-0 demolition but one constant has been the form of Danny Ings, whose goals have fuelled an astonishing turnaround.