Southampton boss Hasenhuttl: Walker-Peters return key to win at Sheffield Utd

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7 Mar 2021 • 6:55 AM MYT
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Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl says fit-again Kyle Walker-Peters made a big difference for victory at Sheffield United.

Hasenhüttl notably welcomed back Walker-Peters and Ibrahima Diallo from injury, and the Saints boss felt the return of both to the starting line-up gave the team a more balanced look, as he no longer needed to move some of his players out of position to cover for their absences.

"Not only the energy, but also the fact then we can play Jan Bednarek on his normal position, Stuie on his normal position, we don't have to move them around on the pitch, and I think this is a big difference," he said.

"Then the automatisms are coming back immediately and you can see then that we play a better ball."

Saints won 2-0 via goals from James Ward-Prowse and Che Adams.