RALPH Hasenhuttl described as a "very impressive performance" his side's dominant 4-1 victory over Brentford, as Saints' new owners from Sport Republic watched on from the stands.

Saints stormed to victory at St Mary's with Jan Bednarek, Armando Broja and Che Adams all finding the net, while Bees keeper Alvaro Fernandez also scored an unfortunate own goal.

Watching on in the stands were Dragan Solak and Henrik Kraft, following Sport Republic's takeover of the club last week.

Asked how important it was to put on a show for Solak in the stands, Hasenhuttl said: "For him it is important to see there is a team on the pitch you can identify with.

"The way we want to play football I think is something everyone enjoys here for long now.

"With all the problems we had every season when we lose our best players and you have to start again and again and again, this is the way we had to work.

"In the end, when you had the patience and the passion for this club, you come back and have the right answer.

"To win games is always super difficult. But I am super happy with my team at the moment. The way we develop our game is fantastic to watch and this is also good for the new owner that we have a team that is really working well."

He added: "I think they saw a good game from our side.

"If somebody knows how strong Brentford is, then it is Rasmus and the other guys. They know how good they are.

"Not a lot of teams created as many chances against them as we did today.

"But I think it was, from the first moment on, a very impressive performance."