NORWICH City boss Daniel Farke said his side was “bullied” by Saints' set-pieces.

Ward-Prowse followed his match-winning dead-ball strike against Watford by providing the assists from which Saints scored against Norwich, with a free kick for Danny Ings’ opener and then a corner from whihc Ryan Bertrand netted the winner.

“We were bullied twice on set pieces. To be 2-0 down at half-time for a young newly-promoted side is tough,” Farke told the Eastern Daily Press.

“We are disappointed to return home with no points. It was a game of two halves. A perfect example of why we need to stick to our principles.

“In the first half, we were not brave enough to play our football. Southampton is a good pressing side, aggressive and well-structured but we were not brave enough to by-pass them.

“Or brave enough to use some risky options. We chose too often to play long balls and that is not our style.

“In the first half in general play they didn’t have many chances.

“But we didn’t have the control we needed.

“We have a lot of small technical players and we are not going to be the best team at defending set pieces.

“I was pretty pleased with the reaction of my team.

“It was even harder to do what we did in the second half. We started to dominate possession. We had many shots, several chances. We deserved to travel back with at least a draw on the evidence of that second half.”

“Sam Byram had a couple of chances late in the game, a good situation to equalise, and that would have been a precious point for us.”