Ollie Watkins praised a superb team performance after Aston Villa demolished Brighton & Hove Albion at Villa Park.
The striker led the way with two goals in the first 21 minutes before completing his hat-trick to make it 4-1 in the second half, his 50th goal for the club.
Further strikes from Jacob Ramsey and Douglas Luiz made the scoreline even more emphatic, and Watkins was delighted with what he saw from his team.
“I always like to score goals,” he said.
“I always like to help the team win, which is even better. It’s an all-round great day. It was a big performance from us.
“Brighton are a great team but we always seem to do well against them. Today we got it really right.
“A really good day, a really good performance, the atmosphere was good and it’s the perfect weekend.”
Against a team that had won five of their opening six Premier League games, Villa were outstanding from the off.
The home side drove forward with purpose and showed their ruthless side to rack up a tenth straight league win at Villa Park.
Watkins said: “We got in their faces and didn’t allow them to play their football. They’re very similar to us; they take time on the ball and draw people out of position.
“We didn’t do that today. From kick-off, we got in their faces, pressed them high and then on the transition we killed them. That was key.
“It could have been seven or eight.”
