'Normally I'm proud of them' - Martin 'hurt' by Southampton display

Southampton brag Russell Martin says helium was "hurt by the deficiency of tone and fight" his broadside showed successful their 3-1 Premier League defeat astatine Bournemouth.

The effect leaves the struggling Saints winless aft six games backmost successful the apical formation and 19th successful the array with conscionable a solitary constituent - their associated worst commencement to a run since 1998-99.

Martin was peculiarly angered by the mode his squad appeared to capitulate aft Evanilson scored the opening extremity for the hosts, who past added 2 much earlier the interval.

"They marque 20 fouls to our 10 oregon immoderate it is - I deliberation that sums up the full game," Martin said.

"We were soft. Whatever unit you person connected the pitch, immoderate mode you play, if you deficiency the combat and aggression and tone and togetherness and courageousness that we lacked successful the archetypal half, you're going to person a big, large problem.

"I didn't recognise our team. I didn't similar a batch of what I saw, and I was wounded by the deficiency of tone and fight. Normally I'm arrogant of them for the courageousness they show, but determination was nary aggression, nary courage, nary strength to play."

While Saints did amended aft being booed disconnected by the travelling supporters astatine the break, Taylor Harwood-Bellis' second-half header proved small much than a consolation for Martin's side.

"I thought I made capable of a woody astir Bournemouth and the mode they approached the crippled and however bully they are astatine definite things," Martin added.

"Obviously it wasn't enough, due to the fact that we looked similar we were unprepared for that, which, considering the enactment we've done is crazy.

"After starting well, virtually the archetypal setback we person successful the crippled they score. I'm coming disconnected the transportation astatine the extremity of the crippled and I thanked them for moving and warring successful the 2nd fractional and really I don't deliberation you should ever convey them for that, that should beryllium the bare minimum."

Southampton are adjacent successful enactment erstwhile they question to look Arsenal successful the English apical formation connected Saturday (15:00 BST).