'Amazing start' - Ollie Watkins on dream debut as helps fire Al Hilal to huge win

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·3 September 2026

'Amazing start' - Ollie Watkins on dream debut as helps fire Al Hilal to huge win

After promising to deliver for Al Hilal, Ollie Watkins did just that.

On debut, too.

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The England international, who joined the Riyadh club only two days previously, announced his arrival in the Roshn Saudi League on Wednesday night, garnishing his big bow with the third in Al Hilal’s statement 3-0 victory against Al Ahli.

Introduced for the second half, Watkins was celebrating four minutes from time, the star signing from Aston Villa stooping to head home Sultan Mandash’s back-post cross.

So Villa’s all-time top scorer in the English Premier League has opened his account in its Saudi equivalent.