Christian Eriksen said the players were in a state of shock after defeat at Southampton on Saturday.

Everything looked rosy at half-time at St Mary’s. We’d dominated play, scored through Harry Kane, hit the woodwork twice and created chances. Dele Alli impressed on his return from injury, our front four were causing problems and defensively, we were in control.

It all changed in the second half. Southampton made changes, pushed on, pressed us and started to create chances, eventually equalising on 76 minutes through Yan Valery. Five minutes later, an unlikely turnaround was complete when James Ward-Prowse curled home a free-kick.

“You shouldn’t lose games like that and we can’t in the position we’re in,” said Christian. “We had a very good first half but everything changed in the second half. We threw it away, really.”