Ronald Koeman spoke to the media at the King Power Stadium following Southampton's 2-0 defeat to Leicester City in the Barclays Premier League.

Here's what he had to say:





On a disappointing start…

You expect a reaction from the team after last week and again there were problems in the beginning of the game. We lacked some sharpness, it’s strange after last week.

You see Leicester plays full of confidence, aggressive and two chances, two goals. That makes it more difficult. That’s the reason we lost. It’s all about sharpness to start the game.

After the 2-0 we tried, we played, but we didn’t create a lot about all our ball possession. We did some changes in the second half, we played a little bit different with three at the back, but they were defending well with good organisation. It was a difficult afternoon.

On why his side started slowly…

It’s difficult to explain. I think if you compare both teams today it’s that Leicester is full of confidence, fighting against relegation, fighting for their lives. It makes them difficult to beat.

We don’t have that belief in ourselves at the moment. We are struggling in our ball possession, too much doubting, doubts about ourselves, about the team. It’s strange but it’s football. It’s sometimes difficult to explain.

Fifth and sixth still up for grabs…

We know everybody but also before the game the lads showed good spirit, together, but you have to show it on the pitch. After the fast 1-0 it makes it more difficult.

On Paulo Gazzaniga starting the game…

We spoke to Kelvin and we spoke to Paulo. It’s all about the situation we have for the next season about Fraser Forster. He will be out for a long time. Still we know not until when.

We have to make the decision about that. To make really the good decisions I like to see Paulo playing – not playing with the Under-21s, not training every day with the group, but playing two games.

I know that Kelvin is one game to play 300 games for Southampton and Kelvin will play the last one against Manchester City. Paulo will play next week again to make our minds up for next season and that’s the reason.

On Leicester City…

I think they have a good chance to stay in the Premier League but it’s difficult because all the bottom teams close to them have good results and have been winning games in the last few weeks.

They showed good quality, good organisation and unbelievable spirit. That makes them difficult to beat.