New Southampton owners watch from the stands as Saints beat Brentford 4-1 to register their biggest Premier League win of the season.
Goals from Jan Bednarek, Armando Broja and Che Adams, as well as a goal from Beez goalkeeper Alvaro Fernández, secured a resounding victory in Southampton's first top-flight outing since last week's takeover.
Brentford midfielder Vitali Genelt held off for some time with a first-half volley, but the evening belonged to the fierce hosts of Ralph Hasenhutl.
The win for Southampton - secured in front of major investor Dragon Solak - put them one point and two places above Brentford in 11th place.
The emphatic result was the first time the Saints had scored more than three league goals in a game under Hasenhüttel.
It was his first visit to home soil since investment firm Sport Republic acquired an 80 percent stake and proved to be a far more opportune moment.
Southampton got off to a great start in five minutes.
Captain James Ward-Prause delivered a flashy, in-swinging corner from the left and in-form defender Bednarek took home his third goal in five league games to watch.
Thomas Frank's visitors restored parity as Brian Mbumo and Janelt combined to devastating effect with the unmarked German stylish volleying home from 10 yards.
This was to be the high point for the West London club and they were second in the 37th minute, this time in a slightly unfortunate fashion.
After only partially clearing a Ward-Prause corner, midfielder Ibrahima Diallo hit a fizzing shot from the edge of the box that hit the left post before diving Fernandez back into the net.
Spaniard Fernandez partially redeemed himself by removing Broja's goal-bound header, but was unable to deny the same player four minutes after the restart as the Saints broke to extend their advantage.
When Brentford recklessly held onto Saints territory, Chelsea's indebted Broja latched onto Oriol Romeu's through-ball before slipping calmly into the bottom right corner clear of the halfway mark.
Substitute Adams - in action after the coronavirus - added more sparkle to the scoreline by lifting the ball ahead of Fernandez from Diallo's optimistic punt forward 20 minutes from time.