SUPER-SUB Charlie Austin revealed that he was delighted to score the winning goal in Saints’ first victory of the Premier League season – and has urged his team to "push on".

Austin netted his first Premier League goal at St Mary’s for Saints in the 1-0 win over Swansea yesterday, which was his first since scoring the winner at Manchester United on his debut in January.

The 27-year-old, who netted twice against Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday, slammed home in the box just past the hour-mark to get Claude Puel’s reign up and running in the top flight after coming on ten minutes earlier.

“I’m delighted to score, but more importantly it’s about the team getting our first win,” he said. “We got our first win on Thursday night, then we knew today was important, so I’m delighted we got the three points again.”

He added: “To be fair, I should of got three. I should have scored two minutes before when I hit the bar, but one went in and I was delighted we scored.

“We can push on now. We’ve got a big game [against West Ham] next week.”

Puel kept to his promise and decided to drop Austin to the bench despite his heroics against Sparta, but it didn’t take long for the French manager to turn to his sharpshooter.

He was brought on alongside Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg nine minutes into the second-half to lead his team to glory.

“It’s all about the goals for a centre-forward, but, look, we’ve got plenty of goals in the team,” he said. “Luckily enough it’s coming from me at the moment.”

“The manager wants to rotate and that’s the plan. He’s the boss, he’s in charge and I’ve got to follow orders,” he added.

The £4m striker, who arrived in January from QPR, is playing as a striker under Puel but also takes on responsibilities out wide, which is something he is still getting used to.

Austin is also calling on Saints to make the most of the momentum they’ve built up from two successive home victories.

“I’ve never played there before so it’s all a learning curve,” he said about dropping to the flank. “But it’s coming together nicely.

“We’ve got an important three points today and now we can push on, go again against Palace midweek.

“We’ve got the momentum to keep going getting wins and clean sheets.”

The former Burnley man hadn’t scored in the league since his remarkable debut at Old Trafford, but now he wants to push on after netting against the Swans with the games coming think and fast for Saints.

“Hopefully, I just want to score goals,” he said when I asked if he feels he’s now hitting a rich streak of form. “More importantly I just want to put in good performances for the team.”