Southampton can take no consolation from their strong EFL Cup final showing after their valiant loss to Manchester United on Sunday, according to Steven Davis.
Claude Puel's Saints were the better side for much of an enthralling final, which was settled by a late Zlatan Ibrahimovic header as United recorded a 3-2 win.
The south-coast side fought from two goals down having had an early Manolo Gabbiadini strike ruled out for offside, with the Italian forward scoring either side of half-time to cancel out an Ibrahimovic free-kick and a Jesse Lingard effort.
The outsiders then dominated large swathes of play only to fall to Ibrahimovic's 87th-minute heroics.