Amad Diallo's hat-trick in the final eight minutes of Southampton's visit on Thursday gave Manchester United a deserved 3-1 win.
The Saints had only been able to muster one goal over the previous six Premier League matches, yet they had the chance to score two or perhaps three times before finally taking a deserved lead in the 43rd minute.
After Andre Onana denied Kamaluddin Slimana, Matthews Fernandes and Tyler Debling, unitedThe goalkeeper was beaten by his own player. Manuel Ugarte inadvertently converted a first-half corner kick wide of his teammate. After conceding from headers and balls straight from the flag, United have now added own goals to their growing repertoire of set-piece ineptitude.
“We've scored a goal,” was the mocking chant that came out of him SouthamptonEnd of the first half At the end of the first half.
The traveling fans should have had plenty to cheer about, but a combination of Onana's heroics and familiar failures up front ensured their lead remained just one precarious goal heading into the final 10 minutes.
Amad, United's constant savior this season, has taken center stage. Taking advantage of some lucky bounces, the in-form winger scored an equalizer under Aaron Ramsdale. The clock had struck the final minute of normal time when Imad picked up the ball again, exchanging one-two with Christian Eriksen to put the hosts ahead.
The 22-year-old capped off a comeback to enjoy stoppage time, latching on to a slow touch from Taylor Harwood-Bellis to make it 3-1.
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player |
classification |
|---|---|
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Goalkeeper: Andrew O'Nan |
7.8/10 |
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Capacity building: Lenny Euro |
7.0/10 |
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Capacity building: Matthias de Ligt |
7.7/10 |
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Capacity building: Lisandro Martinez |
6.8/10 |
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Bandwidth: Imad Diallo |
9.7/10 |
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poison: Manuel Ugarte |
6.1/10 |
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poison: Kobe Maino |
6.0/10 |
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Low weight: Naseer Mazraoui |
8.0/10 |
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RF: Alejandro Garnacho |
7.8/10 |
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street: Rasmus Hoglund |
6.2/10 |
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if: Bruno Fernandes |
7.5/10 |
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sub: Anthony (46' for Maino) |
6.7/10 |
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sub: Joshua Zirkzy (53 for Hoglund) |
6.5/10 |
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sub: Toby Collier (54' for Ugarte) |
6.5/10 |
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sub: Harry Maguire (83' for Euros) |
nothing |
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sub: Christian Eriksen (83' for Mazraoui) |
nothing |
Subs not used: Altay Binder (goalkeeper), Goodwill Kokonki, Terrell Malasia, Casemiro.
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player |
classification |
|---|---|
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Goalkeeper: Aaron Ramsdell |
5.7/10 |
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Capacity building: James Brey |
6.4/10 |
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Capacity building: Jan Bednarik |
6.9/10 |
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Capacity building: Taylor Harwood Bellis |
6.1/10 |
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Bandwidth: Yukinari Sugawara |
6.4/10 |
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poison: Leslie Ugochukwu |
7.0/10 |
|
poison: Wednesday weather |
7.4/10 |
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Low weight: Kyle Walker Peters |
6.7/10 |
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I be: Matthew Fernandez |
7.5/10 |
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street: Tyler Debling |
6.5/10 |
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street: Kamal al-Din Suleiman |
6.3/10 |
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sub: Will Smallbone (63' for Debling) |
5.9/10 |
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sub: Flynn Downs (73' for Aribo) |
6.2/10 |
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sub: Adam Armstrong (73' for Fernandes) |
5.9/10 |
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sub: Nathan Wood (83' for Bednarek) |
nothing |
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sub: Paul Onuachu (83 for Ugochukwu) |
nothing |
Subs not used: Alex McCarthy (goalkeeper), Ryan Manning, Adam Lallana, Cameron Archer.
