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For a long time it seemed that it would end in failure for Manchester United, who took on Premier League bottom-stop Southampton on Thursday evening. But in the final minutes, Amad Diallo scored a hat-trick and secured the big club a 3-1 victory.
Southampton are all alone at the bottom of the league with just one win this season, but the visitors played straight up and more at Old Trafford for large periods. Eventually, however, the air deflated the balloon, and then Diallo stole the show.
First, the young winger equalized with less than 10 minutes to go. In the 90th minute, Diallo then sent United on course for victory after a clever combination with substitute Christian Eriksen, before he took advantage of a great Southampton kick in added time and completed the hat-trick.
Before that, Southampton had been the best for large periods of the match. The stopper managed to press United down in their own half in several sequences of the first half, and shortly before the break the visitors deservedly took the lead. A Southampton corner kick ended up in the back of United’s Manuel Ugarte, and Andre Onana in the goal was subsequently unable to prevent his team-mate from being booked for an own goal. United’s agony continued after the break, with Southampton several times close to increasing the lead.
It was a lively game with entertainment at both ends, but as the game progressed United settled into things. With half an hour to go, substitute Antony burned most shamefully in front of an empty Southampton goal and for a long time it looked like the hosts would get no closer. In the 82nd minute, however, Diallo broke through on the right and equalized, and from there the young winger stole the show.
In the second Premier League match on Thursday evening, Brighton won 2-0 away to Ipswich. Dane Matt O’Riley started inside for Brighton and assisted the team’s first score when he nicely set the ball up for Kaoru Mitoma, who kicked the ball into the box.
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Source: politiken.dk
