Ralph Hasenhuttl has revealed that the half time subs were key in Southampton’s huge win over Tottenham Hotspur at St Mary’s this afternoon.
The Saints took a shock win over Spurs, coming from behind to win against Mauricio Pochetinno’s side.
The Austrian revealed that he believes that the half time subs he made were a big factor in Southampton winning the clash.
Josh Sims and Shane Long were introduced at half time and really helped change the game for Saints who would go on to take the victory.
Speaking to the Southern Daily Echo, Hasenhuttl revealed that the subs were a key factor in the victory.
I think it was the best second half since I am here.
We made two not unimportant substitutions in the break.
The thing was that we were only one down and that gave us the chance to change a few things and to force a little bit of nervousness and get them out of the comfort zone they had been in in the first half because they were amazing.
Tottenham showed in the first half how you have to play against an early counter pressing situation with one touch out of the pressure and I think it was too good for us.
Maybe we were not sharp enough and that was what I wanted to change at half time.
With Long and Sims I brought on two strikers with more speed to create more attacking situations and to bring them a little bit on the back foot.
We knew they would still take risks and these risks help us to win more balls and this was the reason why we got more comfortable in our game.
Also you have to be aware of every counter situation because they have so much quality with Son and Kane on the pitch and it was always dangerous but we went all-in at half time.
It went perfect because Sims made a perfect job.
It was his first game (under me). We had a meeting and I told him what to do, he was not nervous or something like that. He wanted to show up and Long the same.
We then had more pressure on them, were creating more chances and scored two fantastic goals.
Southampton went behind thanks to Harry Kane scoring int he first half.
However, after the break, Southampton came out with a new found belief, and scored two late goals to secure victory.
Yan Valery and James Ward-Prowse got the goals, as Saints avoided dropping into the relegation zone.
