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Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu admits the Saints will want to create more opportunities for Danny Ings after suffering a first-day defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Wilfried Zaha scored the goal in South London after thirteen minutes when he stole a cross from Andros Townsend’s home to give the Eagles a 1-0 victory.
Ownership dictated at Selhurst Park and he was unable to control local goalkeeper Vicente Guaita in the first half.
It was another story after halftime, with Che Adams and Ings brilliantly denied through the Spanish striker, but Southampton’s own Spaniard is aware that he will have to do more for his forwards in the future.
Romeu said on the club’s official website: “We would have deserved anything if we had tried our luck, but we didn’t, so that’s all we want to improve.
“We have to give the strikers more options, more chances to score goals and play the whole game like we did in the middle of this moment. “
This assured the sadness of the South Coast club on the first day, and frustration was aggravated by the fact that Southampton finished the 2019-20 crusade with an unbeathed seven-match streak that featured four wins.
“At the end of last season it was very positive,” Romeu admitted.
“The preseason also went very well, but I think in the first half they felt what they were doing and we couldn’t move the ball fast enough to create occasions.
“We had to replace things and we did it at halftime, looking to put more balls back, betting more across the lines and looking to damage them a little more and put more pressure on them. “
I think we had a few chances in the middle of this moment, but unfortunately we couldn’t take advantage of them.
Palace had five defenses, so midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate had to pair Scott Dann with the central.
The pair were inspired by a side that included 21-year-old Tyrick Mitchell, who made their third start for their year-old club.
“He’s a very sensible player,” Dann said of Kouyate. ” He can play in midfield and has shown what he is capable of in the last four. He’s been playing like this since the end of last season.
“It was an intelligent defensive function from the front from the beginning. They all made a replacement and the doorman made some stops at vital times.
Meanwhile, striker Alexander Sorloth appears to have played his last match for Crystal Palace, according to PA news agency.
The Norwegian joined Trabzonspor on a two-year loan last summer and had a first season in the Super Lig.
Sorloth has scored once in 20 appearances with the Eagles after signing fc Midtjylland in January 2018, but has made 24 league appearances for the Turkish team, which has the option to make his move permanent.
While discussions are ongoing between Palace and Trabzonspor over the transfer agreement, the Super Lig club revealed Saturday that the 24-year-old had not been able to return in time from his duties abroad and that he would be sanctioned.
In one of the Trabzon-based team, RB Leipzig were also shown to have submitted an offer for Sorloth and that the Norwegian striker is expected to complete his move to the Bundesliga before the end of the move-in window on 5 October.