The Saints boss discussed an injury to Che Adams when speaking to the media after the match.
Southampton made it five Championship matches without defeat last night with a last-gasp draw away at Preston North End.
Saints had taken the lead in the match just after the half an hour mark, with Kyle Walker-Peters coming up with the goods for his side.
In the second half, though, Southampton started slowly, with Preston finding the back of the net twice in three minutes via Milutin Osmajic and Brad Potts to turn the game on its head.
It wasn’t to be until the sixth minute of added time at the end of the match that Southampton would draw level, with Ched Evans putting the ball into his own net under pressure from Saints keeper Gavin Bazunu, who initially looked as though he might have nodded home.
Whilst the result was a positive one in the end, the match was not without its frustrations.
Indeed, striker Che Adams was substituted at half time during the match with an injury.
Martin went on to discuss the extent of the injury post-match, admitting he was left frustrated by it.
“He’s picked up an injury and it’s frustrating,” Martin explained on Adams after the match, via the Daily Echo.
It’s really frustrating for him and for us.
“This is the problem with going away on international duty and their routine is different, it’s the same with Carlos (Alcaraz) and Stuey (Armstrong).
“We don’t decide without speaking to them and getting them involved in it, and I think it was the right thing (to start them from the bench) for 60 or 70 minutes.
“That 20-minute period will make people think differently about the changes but that is why have a multi-disciplinary team with medical and sport science.