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The out-of-form Premier League side slipped to their fifth defeat on the bounce to miss out on a first semi-final berth since 1987 as Sheffield United progressed on Tuesday night
Jose Fonte has apologised to
Southampton's fans after their 1-0 League Cup quarter-final defeat to
Sheffield United on Tuesday.
Ronald Koeman's men fell to their fifth loss in a row at Bramall Lane to miss out on their first semi-final berth since 1987 as the League One outfit progressed courtesy of Mark McNulty's second-half goal .
"It was not acceptable," he told the club's official YouTube channel. "I would firstly like to apologise to the fans, they didn't deserve this. That is not us.
"Given the last games we have lost, we played and we showed that we are better than the opposition and we had the opportunities to win and deserved more from them games.
"But after Tuesday night, I am disappointed obviously and I am angry because we had a great opportunity to go and do something special and we just blew it.
"Everyone needs to take responsibility, not hide in their shell. We must stand up and be counted because there's another game in the Premier League [at home to Everton] and we need to stop this bad run.
"The minimum we can do is try our maximum and give everything that we can, but it was disappointing because I think we should have done much better.
"I just want to apologise to the fans, because they didn't deserve it. We will be working harder to make sure this never happens again. It is an opportunity lost, but there is still a long season ahead."