GRAEME LE SAUX felt Frank Lampard's winning penalty might have been disallowed for a double-touch.

The Chelsea and England midfielder slipped as he approached the penalty spot and appeared to graze the ball with one foot before it flew into the top right-hand corner.

"The fact that Frank Lampard took two touches was missed by the referee, but it would be a brave ref to have awarded a goal-kick or something for that," said Le Saux.

"He was striking the ball to the right of Antti and as he slipped, it hit his left-foot by the looks of things and has gone completely the wrong way.

"But Frank's an excellent player and scores plenty of penalties. What can you do? You just have to get on with it."

Lampard, who had scored twice in Chelsea's 4-0 win against Saints at Stamford Bridge last May, admitted he was extremely lucky with the penalty, but felt that it came off both feet simultaneously.

"The penalty was fortunate to say the least," he said.

"I don't know if I hit it twice. I slipped and I think it came off two feet at pretty much the same time.

"But we practice penalties a lot. If you do that, maybe you deserve a bit of luck."

Le Saux didn't get a clear sight of Claus Lundekvam's handball for the penalty.

But there was a feeling among the Saints players that the Norwegian was pushed and therefore couldn't avoid making contact with the ball.

"I didn't really see the handball," said Le Saux.

"It seemed that Claus was pushed in the back and if you get pushed in the back, your arms do come up.

"It wasn't really a surprise that it was given. It's unfortunate."

Le Saux admits he was hugely impressed by the confidence of former club Chelsea, whom he left in the deal which saw Wayne Bridge move the other way last summer.

"Chelsea are fantastic," he said.

"They have got weaknesses as well, but the quality and belief they have throughout their side is incredible. They will give each other the ball in difficult positions and that sort of confidence breeds a certain style offootball."