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Salisu thrilled with winning Southampton debut

Mohammed Salisu was delighted to help Southampton to their fifth round FA Cup victory over Wolves.

After months on the sidelines, Salisu had a positive start to his career in a Saints shirt.

It's a perfect night, I'm really happy to be back with the team," the Ghanaian centre-back told the club's website. "The team really did well and worked hard, I'm very happy.

"I'm very excited for a clean sheet, it's very important.

"It was a great boost really, we are going to give our all on Sunday.

"I think we need to focus on the next round, fight hard together and I think we'll go further.

"When we are on the pitch, we are all the same and we have to give our all.

"I'm looking forward to playing more matches and give my best to the team."

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