OMNISPORT

Southampton's 3-0 home loss to Everton boiled down to a lack of organization, according to manager Ronald Koeman.

The hosts succumbed to Romelu Lukaku's first-half double and an excellent late strike from Ross Barkley, with Everton exploiting Southampton's vulnerability on the counterattack.

"Maybe we had one or two good chances, but the performance was not what we expected, not defensively," Koeman, who was back in the dugout after ankle surgery kept him out of the season-opening draw at Newcastle United, told BT Sport. "We weren't aggressive enough in our defending. We gave too much space to Everton to play. You need better organization — at least you need better reaction of the players.

"We give a lot of attention to set pieces, offensively and defensively. You need that organization and we didn't have a good kind of organization — you can't do that at this level."

Southampton's next test sees the club take on Midtjylland at St. Mary's Stadium in Thursday's UEFA Europa League qualifier.