Nigel Adkins was satisfied with a point at Burnley – but still had a nagging feeling his side could have got all three.

Saints were second best to the Clarets in the first half and fell behind just after the interval when Charlie Austin swooped once again.

But Saints rallied and created numerous chances before Morgan Schneiderlin eventually converted one to earn a 1-1 draw with ten minutes remaining.

Adkins, pictured above, said: “With 80 minutes gone and 1-0 down away from home, Morgan Schneiderlin scores a goal, it’s a point gained.

“But when you look at it we had a great passage of play, great cross from Frazer, Rickie Lambert heads the ball down, it’s a beautiful pitch here at Burnley to be fair, it bounces up, hits the underside of the bar, ricochets out and you think ‘here we go’.

“Adam Lallana, a couple of crosses, a couple of headers, wide, goes through at the end, should have been a penalty – he was too honest for his own good, tried to stay up, shoots and the keeper saves it.

“Jose Fonte cross comes in, far post, misses the ball.

“It was five goals we could have scored after starting the second half brightly.”

He added: “To be fair Burnley were the better side for me first half, they were at us and we know we’ve got no divine right to pass the football about and they denied us that and actually had opportunities themselves first half.”