Saints stars including Nathan Redmond, Charlie Austin and Virgil van Dijk all took to social media after the 3-0 victory at West Ham United.
After a shaky start to the season, the last 10 days have been superb for Southampton. Four straight wins across three different competitions has seen confidence flood back into the Saints squad, several of whom expressed their satisfaction on Twitter after another victory this weekend.
West Ham United may be struggling to settle in their new stadium but that is not to take anything away from a thoroughly professional away performance by Southampton, who took a deserved lead shortly before half-time when Charlie Austin continued his fine recent scoring form when he found the bottom corner with a sweeping left footed effort.
The former QPR striker’s effort took his tally to five in his last four outings, and from thereon the result was never really in doubt. The away side kept possession with ease and were rarely threatened by a Hammers team that look a shadow of the side who impressed last season.
Dusan Tadic, who was having a fantastic game for Southampton, put the game to bed after finishing a fine team move in the second half. Austin’s excellent first-time pass sent the Serbian international through, and Tadic comfortably rounded Adrian before slotting into the empty net to send the travelling fans into raptures on their first visit to the London Stadium.
James Ward-Prowse added gloss to the scoreline with a late third, and it was a scoreline which did not flatter the Saints, who bossed their opponents in every department.
There were justified doubts about Saints this summer following Ronald Koeman’s departure, but the players seem to be singing from Claude Puel’s hymn sheet and they are a side now very much in form.
A selection of Southampton players took to Twitter after the game, with the pick of the reactions below.
Southampton’s good run will be tested by a couple of tricky away trips this week. They travel to Israel to face Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the Europa League on Thursday evening before visiting the home of the champions to take on Leicester next Sunday. In their current form, however, Saints have nothing to fear and will be full of confidence ahead of a tough away double.
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