Manchester United returned to winning ways after two consecutive defeats, beating hosts Southampton, who were reduced to a single player, 3-0, in the opening match of the fourth round of the English Premier League.
The Red Devils’ goals were scored by Dutchman Matthijs de Ligt (35), Marcus Rashford (41) and Argentine substitute Alejandro Garnacho (90+6).
With this victory, United raised its score to six points in seventh place, while Southampton suffered its fourth consecutive loss to remain in 19th place without points.
The start of the match witnessed a clear advantage for the home team, with young winger Tyler Deppling shining in particular, having the first dangerous chance with a shot that was saved by Cameroonian Andre Onana, United’s goalkeeper (7).
The visitors came close to opening the scoring through Dutchman Joshua Zirkse, but he mishandled a pass from Danish Christian Eriksen, shooting from close range but Aaron Ramsdale saved it (16).
The referee awarded a penalty kick to Southampton after Portuguese Diogo Dalot obstructed Debling, but Cameron Archer collided with Onana’s brilliance (33).
The missed penalty was a turning point in the first half, after which the advantage shifted to United, whose players shot 11 times in a row without any shot for the host.
Those 11 shots included two goals, the first of which was scored by new arrival De Ligt with a header, scoring his first goal with United, following a cross from Portuguese Bruno Fernandes (35), and the second came with a shot from Rashford from the edge of the penalty area, which he put to the left of Ramsdale (41).
The players of Dutch coach Erik ten Hag managed the second half in an ideal manner, in light of the lack of response from Southampton, who received the final blow with the expulsion of their captain, Jack Stephens, for obstructing Garnacho (79).
The latter succeeded in scoring the third goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time, with a powerful shot from close range into the roof of the goal.
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