[Lucky McLuckerson]

What a game! Five goals at Old Trafford and three of them screamers.

Southampton shocked us in the first-half with a fine opening goal from Valery but in the second-half we upped a gear. Two quick goals from Pereira and Lukaku turned the tide in our favour but then Ward-Prowse struck a superb free-kick 15 minutes from time to make it 2:2.

We had to pick ourselves up off the floor again and it wasn't looking like it would happen until Lukaku struck again with a curling shot from the edge of the box. The Belgian has turned hero in the last couple of games with four goals. Just when we needed it!

Another huge three points as we return to fourth place. A superb victory again considering how many injuries we'd had.

It's like watching United again...

Match Stats

Possession
Man Utd 64%
Southampton 36%

Shots
Man Utd 16
Southampton 9

Shots on Target
Man Utd 6
Southampton 3

Corners
Man Utd 9
Southampton 7

Fouls
Man Utd 7
Southampton 10

 

[Red Devil Rising]

 

[mu4c_20le]

Never in doubt brilliant strikes all around

 

[Olly Gunnar Solskjær]

Yes

 

[Clas Sified]

Wish Lukaku had taken the pen

 

[Utd7]

I thought Lukaku was a fat donkey???

 

[Bastian]

Thank you Ole!

 

[bondsname]

I wanted a Lukaku hattrick.

 

[SirAnderson]

Scrappy as hell win that, thankfully got the win in the end, but certainly not the honeymoon performance we still expect to see.

 

[Ramshock]

We need more Belgians, we should buy Fellaini back.

Andy Walker is a prick.

Pogba needs a break

 

[FujiVice]

A very Manchester United performance. A great game to watch.

 

[King Eric 7]

Bad performance but we got the three points.

 

[el3mel]

Old days are absolutely back!!

A very thrilling and fun match at OT with goals back and forth and dying minutes drama.

Great win.

 

[Red-Man-Walking]

We don't half make it hard on ourselves. Most importantly the Ole train keeps rollling on.

 

[automaticflare]

Lukaku is an enigma I don’t understand him at all

 

[Reynoldo]

Wish Lukaku had taken the pen

Small bitter taste but feck it...massive win

 

[Santos J]

Played shite aside from the spell at the beginning of the 2nd half but we could have still scored 6. Great win though and some great goals.

 

[Ramshock]

Scrappy as hell win that, thankfully got the win in the end, but certainly not the honeymoon performance we still expect to see.

honeymoon performance?

 

[Drawfull]

They scored two worldies and were better than us in the first half especially, but we dug deep, Rom turned up and well pleased with that.

Love us.

 

[VP89]

Lukaku carried us through. Pereira looked a lot better in the final third than a pure central midfielder role.

3 important points, need to take it to Arsenal now.

 

[#07]

What do you say about that, eh? We needed to get the three points today and we did it. You can gripe about the performance but not the spirit, especially with so many first XI players out.

On to the next one then...

 

[Unlikely lad]

Yeah but what's the xG though

 

[Yagami]

Get in!

 

[Handsome Devil]

Phew! Great performance from Luke Young!

 

[Judas]

Exhausting, but great result in the end.

 

[PlayerOne]

Lukaku saved us, we were awful. Young is a liability, how much longer do we put up with our great leader?

 

[predator]

Pogba was pretty bad in all departments. But today showed that even our best player can have a poor game and we can still win. Lukaku was incredible.

 

[david bazley]

Surprising what a bit of confidence can do to a player

 

[kouroux]

What a sweet fecking feeling. Can enjoy the weekend's games now

 

[nokoya]

Why not Lukaku take the penalty, I hate you Pogba

Anyway, 4th again.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

Massive three points. Thank you Lukaku.

 

[Verminator]

Lukaku bails out DeGea.
Who'd have thunk it?

 

[Canagel]

A very strange game. We only turned up for the 2nd half and then was holding on again before coming strong at the end.

 

[Heinzesight]

Lukaku’s play outside the box was atrocious but his finishes were sublime.

Pogba was unlucky. One of those days we looked a bit lacklustre but got away with it.

 

[Niall]

I normally delete reaction gifs in the football forums but after that result why not!

 

[Ballache]

That was too stressful, thank God Lukaku has remembered football again.
Must have been a good watch if you're neutral.

 

[KirkDuyt]

Just saw the highlights. Even that was fecking exciting. And a late winner too.

Now I know why I always had a soft spot for you guys. You did this more often back when that old grumpy guy was in charge.

 

[Sanchez7]

Phew! Great performance from Luke Young!

the commentator

 

[BlueHaze]

Hey a little baby penguin!

 

[SirAnderson]

Andreas was my MOTM but with that 2 goals, Lukaku gets it clearly.

 

[Freak]

Such a flat performance. Poor defensively but at least we created loads of chances. Lukaku stepping up is massive.

 

[FerociousCorgis]

lukaku is much better when we dont try to play through him as a solo striker. Need to move on sanchez for literally anything. Buy an actual RW and let Dalot bomb forward from RB and get that right side in beast mode to free up shaw/martial on the left.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

Great win in a game where it wasn't coming off for our two top players (Rashford and Pogba). And I don't want to here about Ole and tactics again after this one. The switch to a back 3 and having Pereria play in the 10 role was perfect. He looked much more comfortable there when he didn't have to worry about his positioning on the pitch. I'd play him there more often.