Every word from Erik’s pre-Southampton press conference

“I think today he showed big personality by giving this performance and leading the team, and I thought it was brilliant.”

He seemed to enjoy that goal and he seemed to be extra fired up, as if he had a point to prove…
“Yeah, but I think he has so many skills, and now scoring with his head from a corner. I think he scores with his right, with his left, with his head. He is creating final passes and I think, of course, he is very happy when he scores a goal because that’s important and you can celebrate, and he did together, in togetherness with his fans.”

You’ve said for a while now that when [Wout] Weghorst got one goal, a lot more goals would come. The crowd reacted when he scored as well, and you’ll be happy for him, but do you expect that to give Weghorst that confidence so he can go on now and add to your goalscoring?
“I think, as you see, he is often in the right position, then he fails. But he keeps going. So, he showed great personality and character so not only in this game – I think also in this game, he could have already [got] his goal early on, but he keeps focused, he keeps working and he keeps putting himself in the right positions. And, finally, he got his goal and his reward.”