WINGER Ryan Christie immediately set his sights on getting Cherries “back on track” after the club’s six-game unbeaten run came to an end on Wednesday night.

The Dorset club were scuppered 1-0 by south coast rivals Southampton at Vitality Stadium, with Che Adams’s header proving the difference between the two teams.

Christie played 62 minutes of the clash before being replaced by Junior Stanislas.

And while he insists Gary O’Neil’s team “dominated” for the most-part of the contest with Saints, the former Celtic man set his mind to creating another unbeaten run starting at West Ham on Monday (8pm).

Assessing the defeat as a whole, Christie told the Daily Echo: “I think we dominated most parts of the game. It’s just frustrating the way we lose the goal and, having probably had a lot of possession, not creating too much is frustrating.

“I certainly think we deserved something from the game. It’s a tough one but listen, we are just going to have to bounce back and put together another run of games.

“It’s not like we played terrible. We were not too far off the pace, we just need to go again on Monday in another exciting game to make it right.

“When you suffer defeats like this, the first thing you want is to get another game round the corner to try to put yourself back on track. That’s what we will be looking to do.

“We know how tough a league this is. We were desperate to win on Wednesday, it wasn’t to be but there are plenty of opportunities to turn it around.”

Defeat for Cherries was their first under interim boss O’Neil, the 39-year-old having stepped into the hotseat following the sacking of Scott parker back in August.

Asked what O’Neil was like in the dressing room post-match, Christie said: “Fine. The run wasn’t going to last forever – we all know that. It’s frustrating to lose, nobody likes losing

“But Gaz more than anyone knows how important it is to bounce back and be back at it on Monday night. I am sure he will get us back in shape for Monday.”

Cherries have picked up 13 points from their opening 11 league fixtures.