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Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert says his side must develop resilience to end their poor festive form behind them.
Saints conceded four goals in 22 minutes in losing heavily at Middlesbrough as their winless streak stretched to six games (three draws, three losses).
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It means they are now 15th in the Championship and the feelgood period of Eckert's first few weeks in charge has well and truly evaporated.
"We need to become more resilient as a group," he told BBC Radio Solent. "We can be 2-0 up today, but not every game is going to go that way.
"We've had some games that went this way and it all looks very nice but there are some games that are just not there and we need to be more resilient."
The German knows a lot of work is required ahead of their next league game at home to Hull City on 17 January.
He added: "It is two weeks until we play our next league game, we need to stick our heads together and find solutions for that because in the second half of the season there are many points to play for, but as I keep saying, we need to be more resilient."
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