Kevin Phillips
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I must admit, I thought they didn't really have that belief.
The way they were playing, they were getting caught.
The crowd was starting to turn against them to a certain extent.
But James hit the nail on the head.
Bouffal coming on made a massive difference.
Shane Long, although he probably should have scored a couple of goals, made a difference because all of a sudden you started being an attacking threat.
You weren't just playing to feet all the time and they just gave you something different.
Bouffal, round here, they love him.
And I think the manager, he must frustrate him, but he's got incredible ability.
He's a game changer when he gets on the ball.
And it feels like the crowd want to see him on the pitch because once he came on, Kevin, it was a different atmosphere, wasn't it?
Absolutely brilliant skill.
We thought, yeah, brilliant, well done, lovely stepovers.
And we couldn't see it at first of all, Kelly.
And then you see, that's what good goal scorers do.
But what we didn't see at the time and what VAR failed to pick up was a blatant handball in this situation.
Now, as he meant to do it, I would say no.
But with the rule now, it doesn't matter.
And it hits his hand and they get a huge slice of luck.
And it's a game changer for Southampton.