Ruben Selles not getting carried away despite improvements from Southampton

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ruben Selles has acknowledged Southampton’s recent defensive improvement and knows his side will face another tough challenge against Brentford on Wednesday. “We are able to have the ball and be dominant, we want to play and defend higher – It’s not like we are focussed on the clean sheets, I know what it means for us and the principles we have in the game, we are not taking the offence apart to stay with the clean sheets.” Brentford have enjoyed a wonderful campaign so far and are eyeing up a European place come the end of the season. Thomas Frank’s in-form side currently sit ninth but lost for the first time in 12 league games last time out in a 1-0 defeat at Everton. “We saw how difficult it was for Arsenal to beat Bournemouth, Liverpool lost 1-0 and we did it against Chelsea and we almost won but drew with a good performance against Manchester United and you have a lot of example but I’m not surprised.” Defender Ainsley Maitland-Niles is a doubt after he picked up a knock in training which saw him miss the trip to Old Trafford.