Ronald Koeman will be having talks with Victor Wanyama after the midfielder saw red for the third time this season in Southampton's narrow win over West Ham at St Mary's.
Saints defend brilliantly
Wanyama saw red for a challenge on Dimitri Payet, which left Southampton having to play the final 36 minutes with ten men after Maya Yoshida gave them a well-deserved early lead.
“From the referee’s position it’s a red card,” said Saints boss Koeman. “I was in front of it, and maybe it was harsh, but from his position maybe the tackle looked harder," Koeman went on to add.
Got to become more disciplined
The Saints boss feels that he has got to stop going in for needless tackles and he says that with every card he picks up he's destroying his reputation in the game.
“It’s not his first red card," Koeman reminded reporters, "it’s his third, and that’s not good. You have to learn from your mistakes so I will speak to him about it.”
Saints off to flying start
The Saints were handed an early lead through Maya Yoshida as the visitors failed to clear a corner and it was Wanyama who passed to Yoshida to score from close-range against a helpless Adrian. West Ham had seen a similar situation from earlier on in the season when Everton's James McCarthy made a late tackle on the Frenchman which saw him out for three months and so Hammers boss Slaven Bilic was understandably frustrated.
Bilic said "it’s a red card" because "when the second leg comes around it is dangerous."
"I don’t mind sliding in," the Hammers boss continued. "It was a big part of my game when I played. But for me as soon as the second leg comes around – scissors – it is unacceptable,” he added.
West Ham couldn't unlock the Saints
Despite playing the final 40 minutes of the game against ten men the Hammers found it difficult to unlock Saints as a fantastic defensive performance from the Saints was enough to preserve a point. Fraser Forster has recently returned to the side and has gone nine hours of football without conceding which stretches back to March 2015 against Chelsea.
"He’s fantastic goalkeeper,” added Koeman. “He’s so quiet but he gives a lot of confidence to defenders. It’s not a coincidence that when he comes back we start keeping clean sheets.” the Dutchman continued