Watching that game, as soon as a decimated Southampton go down to 10 men they're fully shattered. It wasn't even close to the normal case of a team getting a red and putting on resolute defense that make you doubt about taking advantage of numerical advantage. It was a clear case of when and not if United would score. I expected a low percentage cross to ricochet off of a hopeless soton player into their own net as a first goal, due to how disjointed their positioning and movement were.
Credit to the team for doing the right thing sporting-wise and not feel sorry for a extremely weakened opposition, and the forwards for playing sensibly and not going for their usual solo binges and shooting from silly angles.
Special mention to AWB for his constantly improving attacking output and continued knack for finding his teammates with good crosses. McT for his ever more surprising good shooting technique. Martial for his continued selflessness and constantly giving his teammates a passing option all over while he rarely gets supply, ending his goal drought with a world class goal and in the process showing, contrary to some on the caf, that he's a professional footballer and is capable of shooting with the top of his foot
. And for reminding me with his second, the sumptuous equalizing goal at Chelsea I think in Jose's era, where he controlled a fast moving ball into the box on his thigh, and expertly half-volleyed it into the bottom left corner on a turn.
