Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino refused to condemn Artur Boruc after his howler in defeat to Arsenal.
The Poland international made a complete mess of his footwork when caught in possession by Olivier Giroud in the six-yard box on 22 minutes. The Frenchman duly converted to score the first of his two goals on the day.
"We were unlucky when we conceded that goal. There is nothing more to analyse. We all saw what happened, draw our own conclusions and we have to just move on," Pochettino said.
"I fully support all of my players, these things can happen in football.
"Footballers don't need to apologise to their own team-mates, they can have amazing performances or they can have a bad day as happened today to Boruc.
"The main thing is they all support each other and we need to move forward and keep working the way we have.
"Footballers need to be able to learn from these mistakes. They need to be able to live with these mistakes and know these things can happen, accept them and move on.
"From our point of view, we just offer our complete and 100 per cent support for him, and keep talking to him, working with the entire team and moving on."
