Ronald Koeman feels Southampton deserved better than a 3-2
loss in Sunday's Premier League encounter with Manchester
United.
The home side dominated proceedings early on and deservedly
went ahead via Graziano Pelle.
Nevertheless, an Anthony Martial double and a Juan Mata strike
then put the game out of Southampton's reach, with Pelle's
second goal in the closing stages of the game not enough to
salvage a draw.
"I am disappointed because in my opinion we beat ourselves
here," Koeman said at the press conference.
"The first 30 minutes were perfect in how we like to play and
how we like to test our opponents. It was a great team
performance, but details make the difference.
"We were unlucky on their first goal. I hear it was offside, but
that's what happens. Last year Jose [Fonte] made a mistake
passing it back to the goalkeeper and this year it was Maya
[Yoshida].
"But then United were the much better team after that goal. In
the last 15 minutes we got close, but two great saves from
David de Gea denied us."
A sloppy backpass from Fonte resulted in United's second goal
and Koeman was not impressed with the experienced centre-
back's action.
"I hate players who always play the ball back to the goalkeeper.
Always the ball forward, because then you put the pressure on
them. I always tell them not to play it back to the goalkeeper,
but tomorrow I will have to tell them again. We have to learn
from that, we did it last year and we did it today again. We
beat ourselves.
"We defended well, but after the 2-1 we lost belief and we lost
control. That was United's best period of the game."
"I think we were very strong going forward as well, because
every attack was dangerous. I thought Sadio Mane and Pelle
were very good today."
Like Pelle, Martial also got two goals and Koeman was full of
praise for the young Manchester United striker.
"It's difficult to stop him. I think he's strong and fast, but when
you pay that kind of money you expect that..."
loss in Sunday's Premier League encounter with Manchester
United.
The home side dominated proceedings early on and deservedly
went ahead via Graziano Pelle.
Nevertheless, an Anthony Martial double and a Juan Mata strike
then put the game out of Southampton's reach, with Pelle's
second goal in the closing stages of the game not enough to
salvage a draw.
"I am disappointed because in my opinion we beat ourselves
here," Koeman said at the press conference.
"The first 30 minutes were perfect in how we like to play and
how we like to test our opponents. It was a great team
performance, but details make the difference.
"We were unlucky on their first goal. I hear it was offside, but
that's what happens. Last year Jose [Fonte] made a mistake
passing it back to the goalkeeper and this year it was Maya
[Yoshida].
"But then United were the much better team after that goal. In
the last 15 minutes we got close, but two great saves from
David de Gea denied us."
A sloppy backpass from Fonte resulted in United's second goal
and Koeman was not impressed with the experienced centre-
back's action.
"I hate players who always play the ball back to the goalkeeper.
Always the ball forward, because then you put the pressure on
them. I always tell them not to play it back to the goalkeeper,
but tomorrow I will have to tell them again. We have to learn
from that, we did it last year and we did it today again. We
beat ourselves.
"We defended well, but after the 2-1 we lost belief and we lost
control. That was United's best period of the game."
"I think we were very strong going forward as well, because
every attack was dangerous. I thought Sadio Mane and Pelle
were very good today."
Like Pelle, Martial also got two goals and Koeman was full of
praise for the young Manchester United striker.
"It's difficult to stop him. I think he's strong and fast, but when
you pay that kind of money you expect that..."
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