LEICESTER City boss Steve Cooper wants his side to be “obsessed” with beating Saints over the international break to follow up their first Premier League win.

Facundo Buonanotte scored the only goal of the game against AFC Bournemouth last time out, dancing his way into the area and smashing the ball past Kepa Arrizabalaga.

The Foxes wanted a penalty when Illia Zabarnyi appeared to handle in the area but referee Darren Bond waved claims away before Bournemouth piled the pressure on in the second half.

Leicester held on to leave Saints among just four teams without a win at the bottom reaches of the table, ahead of the St Mary's meeting on Saturday, October 19.

Cooper was relieved to get a first win heading into the latest break and said: “I feel happy for the players, equally as happy for the supporters and staff.

"It was always going to be important to get the first win back in the Premier League. I’ve seen many win here, I would have loved for it to be sooner, we know that.

"We could have done some things better but we’ve also been unlucky, so I’m just glad everything went well. It’s great to win but we have a lot of work to do to be a force.

“It’s an international break and the work continues and now we need to be completely obsessed with beating Southampton in a couple of weeks.”

Cooper added: “I’ve got to build trust here, it’s clear I have work to do with people really believing in me and I’m fine with that.

“That’s my really big motivation because it’ll show how much I really want to be here and how much I want to get this job right with the players.

“Feeling the atmosphere here, it’s been good. We really needed the supporters in the second half and there were times when the crowd backed us.

"We needed that. It’s great to win but I know I have a lot of work to do so the team become a force – it’ll take a lot of work.”

Saints start a block of four crucial games with the visit from Leicester, including clashes with Man City and relegation rivals Everton and Wolves.