Southampton manager Ronald Koeman could not hide his frustration after a fourth straight home match in all competitions without a win.
Koeman's squad ended up with a 0-0 draw vs. West Ham, even though the visitors were forced to play with just 10 men from the 61st minute onwards after West Ham goalkeeper Adrian was sent off for handling the ball outside the box.
Koeman's team dominated the statistics for possession and chances, but couldn't break through a resolute West Ham defence.
"If you are the better team - more ball possession, more chances and you play 25 minutes 11 against 10 - then you expect to score at least one time and we didn't," the Dutchman said.
"It showed a little bit our performance in the last few games in creating chances and scoring goals is a little bit more struggling than in the first part of the season. Okay, that's disappointing."
Saints' lengthy list of absentees certainly did not help matters against the Hammers, who displayed the increasingly defensive mindset clubs arriving at St Mary's are employing.
For Koeman, though, the main issue was his side's inability to utilise the flanks.
"I think we didn't make the pitch very wide," he said.
"Always if you play against 10 players you need to play out of good positions on the pitch and I think it was not clever enough how we played against 10 players.
"Too many players in the centre of the pitch, (not enough) players to make it wide to create the space, sharpens in the box.
"Okay, that in my opinion is the reason we didn't win the game."