Saturday 18 November 2017 18:27, UK
Manuel Pellegrino was left ruing Southampton's defensive errors after Liverpool breezed past them 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday.
Southampton now have just one win in seven after falling to Liverpool, who clinched victory thanks to two goals from Mohamed Salah and a further strike from Philippe Coutinho.
Dusan Tadic gifted Liverpool possession for the first goal, and while Salah still had plenty to do from 20 yards out, it was a sloppy error from the midfielder just outside his own area.
Pellegrino admits he will look at his side's mistakes and work on how to improve his team in the future.
"After conceding the second goal it was difficult for us to get back into the game. We made a couple of mistakes which you cannot do against this kind of team," Pellegrino told Sky Sports after the match.
"In the second half, it was even more difficult. We started well, but we never created many chances to score.
"With the first goal, we knew Liverpool would be aggressive, but after losing it in the final third, maybe we can improve this in the next few games.
"We tried to keep the ball but we couldn't. Liverpool had more pace than us and we have to learn for the future how to play this kind of game."
Pellegrino refused to blame the international break as a reason for their defeat, but hopes his Southampton side can right their wrongs against Everton on Nissan Super Sunday next weekend.
"For us, we lost more than 50 per cent of the squad, but it's part of football and we have to adapt," Pellegrino added.
"Football has something good, because when you lose, you play again in seven days. We will try to do our best against Everton."
