Koeman: Southampton's opponents taking advantage of defensive frailty

Southampton boss Ronald Koeman believes the Saints opponents now relish playing them because of a perceived defensive frailty.

"I think we are struggling in scoring goals, I think our opponents see in us mistakes defensively," Koeman said.

"The whole team performance, every individual performance of the players, is a little bit lower than what we expect, and what we can show.

"As a manager you have always pressure. You know what can happen.

"Of course, we speak, we have good training sessions, but everybody needs to realise that we play for a lot this Saturday and we have to improve.

"Maybe (there is) some lack of confidence, but still we can play good football, still we create chances. The productivity is not good enough."