Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl apologised to fans for his side's 9-0 thrashing by Leicester , and said he took full responsibility for the defeat.
Leicester went second in the table after recording the biggest away win in English top-flight history and the joint biggest in the Premier League.
Ben Chilwell opened the scoring 10 minutes in before Saints left-back Ryan Bertrand was shown a straight red card following a VAR review.
After the sending-off the floodgates opened and the Foxes bagged eight more, with Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy both bagging hat-tricks while Youri Tielemans and James Maddison were also on target.
The humiliating defeat left Southampton in the relegation zone and increased the pressure on Hasenhuttl after just two wins from Southampton's first 10 Premier League games of the season.
Hasenhuttl refused to blame Bertrand's red card for the defeat, saying: "It would be easy to say the red card after 10 minutes was to blame but I think it’s not normal to discuss every goal and every high of the result.
"I take 100 percent responsibility for this result today and it was no performance from my team this cannot happen in this way."
The Austrian manager praised Southampton's fans for their reaction to the defeat.
He said: "The best thing in the stadium - beside the opposition - were the crowd who stayed in the stadium. How they act is more than we deserve and I apologise for this no performance today.
"I haven't seen the red card. The first goal started with a pass back, but I don’t know if it was a red."
Southampton now face two away games against Manchester City , with their Carabao Cup clash taking place on Tuesday followed by a Premier League meeting between the sides a week on Saturday.
