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Be cool, says Puel after Southampton fightback

Southampton showed what they were capable of after half-time in the 1-1 draw against Watford, according to boss Claude Puel.

Claude Puel sought to lift the fear factor with a half-time pep talk before his Southampton side recovered to a 1-1 draw against Watford.

Puel's first Premier League game at the helm started badly at St Mary's with Etienne Capoue firing the visitors into a ninth-minute lead.

Southampton improved after the interval and Nathan Redmond marked his debut by dispatching a low volley before the hour.

The close-season signing from Norwich City, playing as a centre-forward as opposed to on the wing, thought he had a second in the dying minutes, only to be denied correctly by the offside flag.