Manchester United have drawn 1-1 away at Southampton. Mason Greenwood scored United’s equaliser.
If anything encapsulated what proved a trying afternoon for Manchester United, it was the sight of Paul Pogba being booked for a crude challenge after five minutes of second-half stoppage time, seconds after the Southampton striker Che Adams made a superb sliding tackle on Bruno Fernandes. United wiped the floor with Leeds last weekend but had to settle for a point here as Mason Greenwood struck a second-half equaliser to extend their unbeaten away league run to 27 games, matching Arsenal’s top-flight record.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side were off-colour and only showed patches of class. Southampton proved fiendish opponents, successfully shackling United’s go-to men and could have earned victory on another day. For Solskjær, the warning signs were there long before Adams’ shot beat David de Gea, via a wicked deflection off Fred, with half an hour gone.
United started sloppily, typified by Harry Maguire conceding an early corner under pressure from Adam Armstrong after Luke Shaw was forced back towards his own goal by Theo Walcott and, though United rallied to rattle the woodwork on seven minutes, through a looping Pogba header, a couple of wayward passes and sticky touches offered Southampton cause for encouragement.
The moment that led to Southampton taking the lead stemmed from Jack Stephens pickpocketing a dawdling Fernandes 25 yards from goal. Stephens looked up, played a slide-rule pass infield towards, which was worked into Adams’ feet via neat touches by Moussa Djenepo and Armstrong.
A second-half strike from Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood cancelled out an own goal from team mate Fred to earn a 1-1 draw at Southampton in the Premier League on Sunday. United had a euphoric start to the season with a 5-1 home win over Leeds United but could not repeat that performance and were lucky not to lose to Ralph Hasenhuttl’s organised and dynamic side.
