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Southampton boss Hasenhuttl: Players must be frustrated after Burnley draw

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl says his players should be frustrated after their 1-1 draw with Burnley.

Saints performed well at Turf Moor, deservedly taking the lead through Nathan Redmond's second-half opener, but suffered a late aerial bombardment as the hosts chased an equaliser.

Just as the visitors looked set to see the job through, Jack Stephens was penalised for handball and Ashley Barnes dispatched the resulting spot-kick to earn a share of the spoils.

Asked about the mood in the dressing room after such a late goal, Hasenhüttl said: “Surely they are not happy because we were very close to a very big win against a tight opponent.

“It's an amazing battle we have had here today and I think in both halves we started very well, controlling the game and putting pressure on the opponent and had really good chances to score.

“Finally Redmond did, it was a fantastic goal and it was clear that in the end at 1-0 then the game is always alive for Burnley. They try anything to come back and in the last situation the penalty is a pity.

“You have to say that they also had a few chances before that so we have to take this point whether it is fair or not. Both sides had chances to score so it had been a big step, it was only a small one in the end but an important step.

“It's difficult at the moment [to take positives] as it feels like we lost the game but maybe after one or two days we can say 'ok we are still unbeaten' and we made two points against tight opponents.

“Now we have a home game against Cardiff, we lost this game in Cardiff so we want to be better and that's our target that we're facing next week."

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