Southampton were better than Manchester United: Ronald Koeman

After losing 2-1 to home to Manchester United, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman said that his side played well but committed many mistakes as well. This was Southampton’s third straight defeat and they were pushed to the fifth spot in the table, following that loss. They play Burnley next on Saturday. The two rival managers have been at it for over a decade and it was apparent in the post match interviews.

"We did everything, we created chances, but we made mistakes as well. Maybe they made more mistakes than us, but they have players who handle those kinds of mistakes, and that was the difference,” Koeman said.

"Because on football and chances, I think we deserved more. It's easy in my opinion, we did not lose against Man United tonight, we lost by ourselves,“ he added.

Only the final score matters: Koeman

Responding to Louis Van Gaal’s comments that the better team deserves to win, Koeman said that his team was better on the night but what matters is the final scoreline.

"Of course it's always difficult, because you're the better team, and again you have to fight against 1-2 down.After that moment I think we didn't play well, but that's the difference,” he said.

“At this level, detail makes the difference in football. The score is 1-2 and you can talk much longer about who played football, which team pressed, but everything is s*** because we lost, " he added.