Bournemouth caretaker boss Gary O'Neil backed his players after defeat to Southampton.
It marked the first loss for O'Neil since he took charge after Scott Parker's sacking.
He said, "I understand how fine the margins are between getting results and not and this is the first time where we haven't managed to get one. The performance and how front foot and committed they were, we definitely deserved something from the game, but Southampton took their moment and we're disappointed with our involvement in that. I'm disappointed but proud of the boys for the way they went about it.
"I was just trying to help the lads. They were giving everything so it was just about trying to find a way to get us into better areas. It was just about trying to and a little bit more because I felt in complete control of the game.
"We can lose any football match at this level but when I started doing this I said we could be competitive in every game and that was the case again today. We just lacked that last bit of quality in the moments when we arrived in their box and things didn't quite go for us. There was maybe a decision or two that could have gone our way ad things could have been different."