Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino hailed their performance as "amazing" for their draw with Manchester City.
Successive losses to Arsenal, Chelsea and Aston Villa have been compounded by mounting injury worries, with seven first-team players unavailable for this match.
"I think overall the performance was amazing from my team," Pochettino said.
"I think we have been on a negative run of results as of late but the thing about this team is it keeps believing.
"I think this bad run of results we have been on has been due to different factors - maybe we have been unfortunate a little bit in a few of these games.
"This team believes and I think this team is on a good run in how it plays. It tries to play always the same way, it tries to play well the same way.
"I think against Manchester City we beat them on possession against a team that has the biggest record on possession in the league. Overall I am very happy with the team."
