Thursday 24 September 2015 17:19, UK
Southampton boss Ronald Koeman admits lessons learned last year played a major role in his side's 6-0 demolition of MK Dons.
The Dutchman saw his interest in the Capital One Cup ended at the quarter-final stage by League One Sheffield United last season.
But Koeman believes his side were much better prepared for Wednesday's trip to stadium:mk, where Jay Rodriguez, Sadio Mane and Shane Long each scored twice to set up a fourth-round tie against Premier League rivals Aston Villa.
"Last season was a good lesson, that if you are not really 100 per cent prepared for the game, you can get problems against everybody," said Koeman.
"It was always important to win because we like to be strong and we like to win games and we like to do well. We had a run last year to the quarter-finals and we will try to get further on in this tournament.
"We will take it seriously and of course we change some positions, but we have more competition in our squad than we had last year. We like to win and we try to win everything. It's a title and we will fight for it."
Ryan Bertrand came on shortly after half time for his first appearance of the season following knee surgery and Koeman was delighted to welcome the England defender back to his squad.
"I am very pleased for him because he is a very good player and did a great job in the games he played last season," he said.
"Last week he played 45 minutes for the U21s and now 30-35 minutes and we are getting him back to his best physical level."
