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Two games are being played in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, with Premier League clubs Southampton and Brentford both hoping to avoid upsets by Championship opposition and secure places in the quarter-finals.
Southampton v Stoke City (19:45 GMT)
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Ray Hunt
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Image source, Getty ImagesEight losses from nine, one point and pinned to the foot of the table. It has not been fun for us Saints fans this season. Serious questions are still being raised on the tenure of Russell Martin, but actually, we have plenty of positives from the latest defeat at Manchester City.
OK, it was another loss. It was supposed to be. But after conceding inside five minutes against the defending champions in their own back yard, you could be forgiven in thinking this could be another total collapse and set for a long afternoon. Instead, we battled bravely and even came close to levelling.
Such was the case against Arsenal, a game that saw us unexpectedly take the lead at Emirates Stadium and give us all hope for an unlikely upset. We eventually came unstuck 3-1.
Martin was given another much-needed boost after the latest result against another title challenger. Defensively, we looked capable of competing with the best, and looked like a Premier League side once again. Martin switched to three central defenders and welcomed back Jack Stephens following his five-game suspension.
It was not just defensive improvements. We showed desire with the ball, stayed with them until the end, had 64% tackle success and left with the best passing stats at Etihad Stadium since the start of last season with 434 accurate passes (91%).
We also received glowing responses from City's Pep Guardiola and Bernardo Silva, the latter remarking: "I have watched them and they have deserved more points than they have."
Martin responded: "This is one of the toughest places to come in the world. I have nothing but pride and gratitude for the players today because if we're going to lose, we need to lose in our way."
It is the response that will matter. We did not respond following Arsenal. If we do not build on the positives from City, then it will be all in vain. Nothing short of six points against Everton and Wolves will do.
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Image source, PA MediaMore from Southampton manager Russell Martin, speaking on a special episode of BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast: "I did my first badge at 17 in college and I coached on a Saturday morning.
"I often think career coaches who skipped playing can figure out what works, what doesn't, what they like and what age group they want to specialise in. I missed that, but I was playing and getting real experience in other areas that I can now relate to players.
"My coaching bits had come from coaching kids at Norwich's academy and I remember I was hammered on the team bus when I had my laptop out doing courses."
On if he knew he would have a successful playing career: "I never felt that comfortable, it sounds crazy. It was my third season at Wycombe where Paul Lambert came in and the first few games he basically slaughtered me in front of everyone and said 'you'll never play for me' and I got converted into a right-back, which I never played, and then I played every game for two years from that point and was used as a utility player, since I played every position.
"Paul then left and I went to Peterborough, then Norwich back with Paul. So much of football is timing and opportunity and who knows - without Paul I wouldn't have got to where I got to, but I'd like to think I repaid the faith he showed me and we had a great time and went to the Premier League together."
