Southampton were unfairly beaten 1-0 Manchester United, despite a very poor performance by the visitors.
Mauricio Pellegrino named an unchanged side for the first time this season, with Shane Long starting upfront again after his good performance against Crystal Palace last week.
The first half was fairly even, with both sides getting their fair share of chances, but it was the visitors who took the lead, as a cross from Marcus Rashford found the head of Romelu Lukaku, who forced a good save from Fraser Forster, but the ‘keeper couldn’t keep hold of the ball, and the Belgian tapped it in from close range.
Saints had a few chances nearing the end of the half, but it was the Red Devils who had the lead at half time.
The second half was one to remember, as Southampton dominated United, and were constantly creating chances and goal scoring opportunities. Shane Long, Dusan Tadic, Mario Lemina, Nathan Redmond, Oriol Romeu and Steven Davis all had chances to score, but United, with nine of the ten outfield players defending, managed to achieve the definition of a ground out victory, taking all the three points to Manchester.
Here are five things we learned from that unlucky performance from the Saints:
