Stoke City boss Mark Hughes was left frustrated after their 1-0 defeat at Southampton.
Hughes was pleased by the way his side responded to a one-sided opening period, but knows that 45 minutes cost them.
"From our point of view, we're a little bit disappointed with the first half, really," he said.
"We didn't really ask enough questions of Southampton, made it a little bit too easy, showed them a little too much respect, I would suggest, which is understandable to a certain extent given their exploits last time out here.
"I think that was the case in the first half. They caused us a few problems at set plays and obviously from one of the ones we didn't deal with it dropped handily for them and they've been able to dispatch the winning goal.
"Second half, I thought we were a lot better. We made a change very early on, got Mame Diouf on, and that gave us a threat in behind and that stretched the game.
"It allowed us to control of the game and in the second half I thought we were the better side, but we never really created those clear-cut chances we need to get back on level terms."
