Stuart Armstrong apologises to Southampton fans for Brentford defeat

Stuart Armstrong has offered his apologies to the Southampton fans who witnessed a poor display from their side as they slipped to defeat at Brentford.

Saints have now won just one of their past 10 Premier League games and, following this latest 3-0 loss, they are still not mathematically safe from relegation.

Chants of “you don’t know what you’re doing” and “you’re getting sacked in the morning” rained down on manager Ralph Hasenhuttl as the travelling supporters vocalised their disappointment.

Hasenhuttl said after the game he understood their frustrations, with goals from Pontus Jansson, Yoane Wissa and Kristoffer Ajer condemning Southampton to another loss.

Armstrong, too, sympathised with the supporters.

“We were really poor,” he told the club’s official website.

“Apologies to the fans who came and supported and stayed to the end and kept singing all the way through. It must have been a hard watch.

“The first 15 minutes we created a good foothold in the game and created chances. We felt comfortable in possession and the problem was we didn’t score; they went up the pitch and did.”

A remarkable set of results would have to occur to conspire to relegate Southampton, who face title-chasing Liverpool and a trip to Leicester in their last two games.

But Armstrong is keen to address the worrying slump in form before the end of the campaign.

“It’s a tough one,” he added.

“We always work hard but now we need something more and we need to win games. Our form has been very poor recently and everyone knows it.

“Everyone would love more consistency within the form and within the games. The good form seems a long time ago now, it was about nine games ago.”

Ajer’s first Brentford goal wrapped up the points for the Bees, who could