Mark Hughes has admitted that Southampton are not defending at a Premier League level.

They stayed firm during the away game against Wolves at the weekend for much of the contest.

But two late goals from Ivan Cavaleiro and Jonathan Castro Otto gave the home side all three points. And bad defending was to blame for both goals.

"That's the truth of the matter [defender Stuart Armstrong being shrugged off the ball too easily]," said Hughes to the Southampton Daily Echo.

"I think he felt he was impeded, and his shirt was pulled, but we've got to be better in that situation.

"Likewise, the opening goal was very similar in terms of the area of the field. We had the warning with the first goal and you don't allow it to happen the second time.

"The goals were a disappointment clearly because of the impact on the result but just in terms of how well you have to defend at Premier League level, you can't allow a group of players opportunities to get into key areas of the field by defending poorly which we did on two occasions."