Martin admits Southampton didn't learn anything new about players

Saints required a late winner from James Bree to beat Championship outfit Stoke City 3-2 on Tuesday evening after blowing a two-goal lead.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis opened the scoring before Adam Armstrong, back in from the start, converted a penalty.

Martin made six changes from the team that lost 1-0 at Man City before giving more players a chance to impress from the bench.

Asked if anybody gave him food for thought with their showing, Martin admitted the performance reinforced what they already believed.

Lesley Ugochukwu was handed a start against Stoke City (Image: Stuart Martin) "It's good to get Yuki through 90 minutes," Martin explained. "He's feeling it a bit now so we'll have to see how he recovers in the next few days.

"I don't think we learned anything new today. I think some people performed well in moments and then others show why they're not quite in the team yet.

"But they can definitely help us. People like Joe Aribo and Adam Armstrong, it was and that, it was really important to get 90 minutes into or 80 odd minutes."

Saints face Everton in a must-win Premier League fixture on Saturday, November 2.