SAINTS manager Russell Martin admitted "our mentality has cost us two points" after a 1-1 draw at struggling Huddersfield Town.

Darren Moore's Terriers are wrestling an injury crisis but were able to rescue a point with an 87th-minute equaliser from Ben Jackson on Saturday.

Saints top scorer Adam Armstrong netted his 10th of the Championship campaign to open at the end of a dominant first half.

However, the second period was a completely different picture with Saints lucky Huddersfield scored only once.

Speaking after the match, Martin said: "I thought we were really brilliant in the first half and should have scored more goals but the difference in the second half was too big.

"We have a bit of a problem at 1-0 up, at the minute. Everything we spoke about in the break, the opposite happened really. 

"We wanted to be relentless with energy and move the ball quickly to make them work but there was nowhere near enough energy or intensity. 

"We gave them more and more belief as the game wore on and we got a bit looser. We looked a bit more tired, which is interesting," he continued.

"Maybe it's due to having a lot of players go away on international duty and maybe we need to look into that but there are no excuses, we should win the game. 

"The goal was coming. I am frustrated as it's an opportunity missed, and it's always hard away from home in the Championship, but the game was there for us."

"We had some really good moves and their keeper has made some good saves but we allowed the atmosphere to shift and we became less brave."

Asked what was said at half-time, Martin responded: "We made some tactical tweaks to have some more joy but we didn't do them.

"It was just about trying to be relentless but we forced it too many times. We didn't need to force anything today. The game was coming to us when we moved it relentlessly.

"It's really similar to the Rotherham game so maybe the players felt this is nice, this is easy - but it is never easy.

"After a 15-minute break, the players can come out with a bit more energy so our mentality has cost us two points. 

"I have told the players that as I'm really angry about it and we need to make sure we are better than that on Wednesday."

Saints take on Bristol City, under new management after the departure of Nigel Pearson and the arrival of Oxford United's Liam Manning, at St Mary's on Wednesday, November 29.