Nigeria midfielder, Joe Aribo admits Southampton’s defeat to Everton was undoubtedly frustrating having scored first in a Premier League game for the first time since the opening day of the season.
The summer signing from Rangers gave Saints the lead four minutes into the second half but within five minutes the visitors turned the game on its head at St Mary’s.
Saints have made a habit of coming from behind this season, but it was from a winning position that they contrived to fall to a third straight defeat.
“The boys are really disappointed. Going a goal ahead, it’s really frustrating to concede so soon, and the boys are disappointed because we wanted to get a result today and that wasn’t the case,” Aribo said.
“I was thinking about it earlier today, that we’ve been coming from behind, so to get a goal ahead was a good feeling.
“To concede so soon is bitterly frustrating, and me and the boys were really not happy about it. We need to go back to the drawing board, focus and learn from our mistakes.
“That’s the Premier League. Sometimes if you don’t take your chances, you get punished – that’s the game. If you make mistakes, you get punished also.
“We just need to recover because the games are coming thick and fast, and we need to be ready.
“The squad is big, so everyone needs to be focused. We need to work together, be strong, be a unit and be ready to go”, he told the official club website.
