Former Chelsea manager analyses the turning point in the Saints 3-1 defeat
By Aakash Desai
In the sixth Premier League matchday, Southampton visited Bournemouth in an away fixture, aiming to build on their good recent momentum and take some points from this match before playing Arsenal. While the Saints looked a much more balanced side with their passing and build up play in the first ten minutes, it was Bournemouth who opened the scoring with a brilliant finish from Evanilson. Moreover, the first goal came as a surprise to the Southampton defence who left the 24-year-old Brazil centre-forward unmarked, and Marcus Tavernier took advantage of that with his quick pass from the free-kick.
After that, Bournemouth increased their goal scoring efforts further, and scored two more goals to take a huge 3-0 lead going into half-time. Former Chelsea manager Graham Potter, analysed the goal as the turning point in the match, saying,
Former Chelsea manager analyses the turning point in the Saints 3-1 defeat
"Bournemouth were worthy winners. It was a great goal and Bournemouth were then on the front foot with their intensity and pressing.
- Graham Potter
The disappointing thing from Southampton’s perspective was the first goal affected them too much."
Potter also highlighted Southampton’s response, which wasn't great and the Saints made two more defensive mistakes on the following two goals. This match was very similar to the third Premier League fixture against Brentford, where Russell Martin's side conceded quick goals after they went behind 1-0. Although Southampton managed to score an early goal in the second half, they couldn't make a comeback in the game with the Saints struggling to find much space behind the Bournemouth defence.
Next. Manager Russell Martin reveals the reason behind the tactical changes in the 3-1 defeat. Manager Russell Martin reveals the reason behind the tactical changes in the 3-1 defeat. dark
Also, the attack hasn't been decent in the Premier League with Tyler Dibling being the only Southampton forward to score a Premier League goal in the new season. Hence, manager Russell Martin can decide to give more playing time to Adam Armstrong, who was the Saints's top-scorer last season, aiming to resolve Southampton’s current goal-scoring issues.
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