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Joe Aribo Bags First Premier League Goal for Southampton

15Aug

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English Premiership, Sports

Joe Aribo Bags First Premier League Goal for Southampton

Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo scored his first English Premier League goal for his new team Southampton on Saturday. The Saints were trailing behind at home with Leeds United leading 2-0 in the 60th minute, after a brace from Leeds United forward, Rodrigo. In a bid to get back into the game, the Southampton Coach substituted Mohamed Elyounoussi and Stuart Armstrong for Joe Aribo and Adam Armstrong in the 61st minute. See Also: “Aribo Can Bring Creativity” – Southampton Boss Lauds Aribo’s Signing The substitutions paid off as Aribo scored his first goal for Southampton in the 72nd minute after taking advantage of a cross from Armstrong then Kyle Walker-Peters scored the equalizer in the 81st minute to end the game with a draw. Speaking in an interview with BBC Solent...

“Aribo Can Bring Creativity” – Southampton Boss Lauds Aribo’s Signing

Ralph Hasenhuttl, Southampton manager, has lauded the club’s signing of Nigerian international, Joe Aribo. The versatile Super Eagles midfielder joined the Saints on Saturday from the Scottish Premiership side, Glasgow Rangers. His signing came off the heels of his impressive performance last season which culminated in his side reaching the UEFA Europa League final. Hasenhuttl told the club’s official website, “Joe is a player with many qualities to his game, and we are very excited to welcome him to the squad in time for the pre-season trip to Austria. See Also: Aribo Bags A Place in Scottish Premiership Team Of The We “We believe Joe can bring energy and creativity to our side. Feeling comfortable in so many different positions is very helpful for a manager and shows he ...

Joe Scores Twice as Rangers Wallop Hamilton 8-0

Scottish side Rangers on Sunday restored their nine-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a ruthless 8-0 victory over Hamilton at Ibrox. The pressure was on Steven Gerrard’s league leaders to respond after Celtic’s 4-1 victory at Motherwell cut the gap to six points, and respond they did, in devastating fashion. Scott Arfield opened the floodgates and Rangers were three up inside 19 minutes, as goals from Kemar Roofe and Joe Aribo completed a three-minute three-goal flurry to put the game beyond the Accies. Aribo and Roofe doubled their tallies either side of the interval before substitute Brandon Barker and a double from captain James Tavernier sealed the biggest and most emphatic victory of Gerrard’s tenure. The chastening defeat leaves Hamilton rooted to the...