Southampton manager Martin pleased with Dibling's performance despite loss to Man Utd

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Martin explained that Tyler got cramp during his first Premier League start for the team, which is why he had to be taken off. Despite not wanting to make the substitution, Martin felt it was necessary as Tyler was struggling with the cramp.

Southampton boss Russell Martin was happy with Tyler Dibling's performance in defeat to Manchester United.AdvertisementAdvertisement

"There are loads of positives, Tyler's performance was one of many. Ben's (Brereton Diaz) travelled back from Chile and looked tired. It was Archer's first start, the penalty miss took a lot of energy out of him.

"Mateus (Fernandes) probably stayed on the pitch a bit longer than we would have hoped for because he's been away and not played yet either from the start.

"We made four changes and I quite like the look of the team again. I thought there was some energy back in the performance and then we have Jack sent off.

"After that, it's damage limitation. I thought we did quite well to limit them to not that much and then we conceded in the 96th minute which I'm annoyed about."