Southampton Boss Martin Takes Responsibility for Archer Penalty Decision: Paul Vegas

Penalty specialist Adam Armstrong was surprisingly left out of the starting lineup, with Ben Brereton Diaz, who boasts seven successful spot-kick conversions in his career, also overlooked for the crucial role of penalty taker, which instead fell to Archer.

Martin told the Daily Echo: "Well, Ben's quite a bit older than Cam (regarding his record). We've had a chat about it.

"Cam has practiced a lot over the last two weeks during the intentional break whilst he's been here and Ben hasn't. He's done brilliantly with them.

"At some point, he's a number nine and he's going to want to take penalties - and he felt really confident to take one and Ben was happy for that as well.

"It is one of those things, if he scores, he's off and away. But he didn't, so of course, it's going to get questioned."

Martin added: "It's on me and the decision we made and he's missed it. It's just the wrong one."