Hasenhuttl Urges Southampton To Be Better Ahead Of Tough Spurs Test
8th March 2019
Saints came close to taking something from their trip to Old Trafford last Saturday, and produced a performance that was certainly deserving of at least a point, only to lose 3-2
- A week on from the cruel defeat at Manchester United, Ralph Hasenhüttl's message to his Southampton players as he prepares them for Tottenham Hotspur is be proud, but also be better
- Hasenhüttl's side now return home to go up against another of the Premier League's top teams, and the boss wants his players to take the lessons from United into this weekend's match
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom- A week on from the cruel defeat at Manchester United, Ralph
Hasenhüttl's message to his Southampton players as he prepares them for
Tottenham Hotspur is be proud, but also be better.
Saints came close to taking something from their trip to Old
Trafford last Saturday, and produced a performance that was certainly deserving
of at least a point, only to lose 3-2 as Romelu Lukaku struck an 89th-minute
winner.
Hasenhüttl's side now return home to go up against another
of the Premier League's top teams, and the boss wants his players to take the
lessons from United into this weekend's match.
"The way we are playing is one thing, taking points is another
thing," said Hasenhüttl, whose team head into the latest round of games
one place and two points above the relegation zone.
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"We can be proud about the performance, but still at the end of the game
when we were hanging onto the ropes it was not enough to defend against such a
team.
"That's what we still have to improve in our game. We are very
self-critical always and try to learn and try to get better and that's what we
have to do, because Tottenham is the next big opponent."
The Southampton manager added: "This team is also part
of the Champions League and has showed how it can combine technical performance
with tactical performance and that together is very hard to defend, because if
they have the ball they can find the best pass in the best moment to find the
right player.
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"They also have a very flexible shape, flexible playing with the ball, so
it's very hard to defend this team. It is not a coincidence they are performing
so well in the Premier League – although Kane was out with injury for a long
time, they were still winning.
"But, for us, it is important that we also believe in our strengths and we
showed against Manchester United we have them. We can score against such teams
and we can be a nasty opponent also, because if you work good against the ball
then it is not so easy to score against us."