Martin on a "fantastic" Saturday
Russell Martin lauded a dominant performance for his Southampton side as they saw off Blackburn Rovers at St Mary's Stadium.
Sam Edozie scored the opener with his second goal in as many games just shy of the break, before Stuart Armstrong doubled the advantage on 64 minutes.
Saints then put ten-man Rovers to the sword, netting two in stoppage time courtesy of Sékou Mara and Charly Alcaraz.
"I’m really delighted the scoreline reflects the performance," said the manager. "Even at 11vs11 I thought the performance was really dominant against a team who usually like to have a lot of the ball.
"When we’ve watched them they’ve been outstanding, especially away from home, so we turned the game. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t their approach to come and defend low and when they tried to play we were relentless in trying to get the ball back and winning it back high.
"We should have scored before we did, I’m really pleased with the timing of that goal. We had that against Huddersfield too. I said to the players, it’s your decision, if you want to be relentless it could be a really good afternoon because you have the game exactly where you want it, through being intense.
"Obviously, they have a man sent off but I thought we were so in control before that and looked really likely to score again. Then it’s about making the most of your numerical advantage and I thought we did. It’s really easy at that point to get a bit loose and a bit sloppy but I thought the players were really fantastic."
