Hard To Stop Joe Aribo When He's With The Ball- Hasenhuttl

Hard To Stop Joe Aribo When He's With The Ball- Hasenhuttl

Alfred Kadiri

Ralph Hasenhuttl has talked about his delight with Joe Aribo's 'wonder goal' against Villarreal.

Aribo opened his goal account in the preseason loss.

“When he is running with the ball he is hard to stop. He was a little bit lucky also, but he always has these situations when the ball is under his feet and he finds good solutions," he said of Saints' new No 7.

“We have had some good weeks and now we have the final one where we can use all the things we have seen in the last weeks to adapt and to perform well on the weekend and find the right XI to start at the weekend."

The Nigerian has admitted that he surprised himself with his wonder goal.

Having opened his account in style, Aribo hopes to continue his scoring form into the start of the 2022/23 campaign.

“I was laughing with the boys inside," he told the club's website. "I said I didn't even know where I pulled that chop on the right foot out from, but it was a really good feeling to score at home and hopefully I can take that into games to come and help the boys this season.

“It's really important [to have scored] and hopefully I can take that momentum into the games to come."

Now heading into the Premier League opener at Tottenham next weekend, the summer arrival reflected on the Saints' final pre-season outing.

“I think it was a really good test and one that we needed," he said. “You could see out there that Villarreal are a very good team and are comfortable on the ball, and that's what's to come in games to come this season, so it was a really good test for us in pre-season to see where we're at.