Martin: Game was like basketball!

RUSSELL Martin joked about hating the basketball nature of his Southampton side’s breathless victory over Huddersfield.

- Alex Smith

Saints were 2-0 and 3-2 down and looking at their 24-game unbeaten run ending, before a crazy second half. Although they kept their club record run going to a quarter of a century, master of perfection Martin was less enthralled by the madness.

He said: “I enjoyed the feeling at the end. That isn’t my kind of game. It was like basketball at one point, it was carnage.

“I love basketball, but not on a big pitch. My immediate feeling is immense pride and gratitude towards the players and the supporters for the energy they showed.

“To do what they are doing is incredible. Nobody should ever take that for granted. It takes work, courage and intensity.”