FULHAM manager Marco Silva slammed Saints after his side's 2-1 victory at St Mary's, insisting they had no desires for attacking football.

A stoppage-time winner from Ryan Sessegnon denied Saints the chance to move past the record-low Premier League points total set by Derby County.

A Jack Stephens opener had Saints on course for a first home league victory since November, but Emile Smith Rowe levelled after 72 minutes. 

Fulham had 64 per cent possession and boasted 26 shots to Southampton's seven throughout the match, and 13 corners to their zero. 

"From the first minute until the last, the reality is that we are the only team that tries to score goals or try to play in an offensive way," said Silva.

"I know that they score early but after that, they just try to put everyone around their box, nine or 10 players around the box all the time.

"It is not easy to break this type of team down, because they just wanted to keep the result and not really to chase them to go to the game.

"These are the moments that we have to show patience but at the same time make the right move, the right timing. 

"Even if our first half was completely below the standards and the quality that we have to play at this level, even so, I think we did great enough.

"We have lack some confidence, trust and the quality, but I think we did great enough in the first half to have a different result at half-time.

"In the second half, it was the same story again, one team trying to create chances to score, playing 90 per cent of the time in our offensive half.

"They set back, they just tried to delay our goal or chances that you can create, and I think we did great enough to win the match."