MARTIN BACKS HIS SUFFERING SAINTS

RUSSELL Martin was adamant his Southampton side could have won by the same margin as Leicester had his players been more ruthless and not made as many mistakes.

-  Pete Loosley 

Saints conceded after 21 seconds to a thumping Jamie Vardy finish, before Kasey McAteer, Wilfred Ndidi and Stephy Mavididi also netted as the Foxes ran riot.

But Martin, who saw Sam Edozie pull one back and Kamaldeen Sulemana sent off late on, thinks the result did not reflect the two sides’ performances.

“It is a very different feeling to Sunderland (5-0 defeat),” he said. “I am proud of the players, people will criticise me for saying that, but they did what we asked of them.

“I take loads from that and it was a much better performance than Sunderland.

“Leicester lost the ball as much as we did, but they have come out on the right end of the scoreline so Enzo (Maresca) will not get criticised.