Capital One Cup 2015 Results Ignite Milton Keynes Dons vs. Southampton

“He said: “(The only positive was there was only) three minute’s added time – I thought Maynard was good, Hall had a go as did Baker and Poyet but I don’t think there was many positives.

The Southampton summer signing Juanmi was denied a goal on his first start as Martin helped his shot over the crossbar but the Premier League side went into half-time 3-0 ahead.

Virgil Van Dijk saw his free-kick clip the crossbar on its way over after 56 minutes and Lee Hodson’s last-ditch defending denied Rodriguez his first competitive hat-trick moments later.

Koeman said: “He’s been out for a long time and it’s also hard because he was out from May and that means no pre-season and a pre-season for a player is a very important part of the season”.

“But they are a very good side and, hopefully, me and my players can learn something from this game”.

“He was a coach at the biggest clubs, so I’m very happy and can’t wait to keep him improving”.

Cork returns to St Mary’s after being rested against Hull in midweek, when the 2013 Capital One Cup winners crashed out at the third-round stage.

The England global defender has been out of action since June after the 26-year-old underwent knee surgery at the end of last season, but he could feature in their Capital One Cup game on Wednesday at MK Dons.

Swans boss Garry Monk declared himself bemused by some of the negativity surrounding the club’s form.

Saints wasted a good chance of reaching the final at Wembley as they suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the quarter-final stage to League One side Sheffield United.

“They are embarrassed and a little upset but boxers get punched and they have to get up again and that is no different for us”.

“We have only lost one game in the Premier League, let’s not forget that”.

“So in terms of confidence and focus you can see it’s there”. Their only shots on target in the first half came from Carl Baker and Daniel Powell but both were easily fielded by goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

“But the nature of this sport is that you get setbacks. I’m the first to give that kind of player a chance when we need somebody”.