What’s Hot and What’s Not from Southampton’s Europa League campaign

NOT – Didn’t kill teams off

Although the manner of the draw on Thursday riled many Southampton supporters, you can’t help feel that the defeats at Inter and Sparta Prague were a chief reason for their early exit.

Not just because they lost both matches, but they really should have got something from both games.

Puel’s men missed a whole host of chances at the San Siro, and were duly punished by Antonio Candreva’s 67th-minute strike, and did enough in Prague to get a point from their clash with group winners Sparta.

But, they didn’t, and only have themselves to blame for not taking their chances and getting their rewards from those matches.

Ultimately, it has cost them big time.