Manchester United beat nine-man Southampton 9-0 on Tuesday to tie the most important margin of victory in a Premier League match.
It got here 15 months after Southampton misplaced by the identical rating line at residence to Leicester, for the heaviest-ever residence defeat.
“Tremendous. Very good,” Southampton supervisor Ralph Hasenhüttl instructed the BBC with no small diploma of sarcasm when requested the way it felt after the match.
“It is, once more, one thing we have now to reside with, however right this moment I can’t be that disillusioned like the primary time.
“It occurred once more, and it not straightforward to elucidate why it occurred.”
The guests have been diminished to 10 males after 79 seconds when Alexandre Jankewitz was despatched off for a harmful excessive problem on Scott McTominay, which left the United midfielder with stud marks on his thigh.
“One man down after three minutes after which 90 minutes might be very lengthy,” Hasenhüttl stated.
“This damages our picture now, with this end result.
“The blokes did not deserve it. Every thing that occurred right this moment was primarily based on a really foolish mistake to start with from a younger participant who was taking part in for the primary time within the Premier League.”
Aaron Wan-Bissaka put United forward within the 18th minute, sliding in on the again submit to show in Luke Shaw’s curling cross.
Marcus Rashford added the second within the twenty fifth minute with a assured first-time end after good work from Shaw and Mason Greenwood down the left.
A Jan Bednarek personal objective, from a low Rashford cross, made it 3-0 earlier than Edinson Cavani headed within the fourth within the thirty ninth minute.
Referee Mike Dean awarded United a penalty when Kayne Ramsay introduced down Cavani however VAR dominated the foul had taken place simply exterior of the field.
But the video official labored in United’s favour after the break when Che Adams seemed to have pulled one again for the guests however it was dominated out on overview for the tightest of offside margins.
Substitute Anthony Martial blasted within the fifth from a decent angle and McTominay made it 6-0 with a candy drive from the sting of the field within the 71st.
Bednarek’s depressing evening was accomplished when he was harshly despatched off, conceding a penalty when he clipped Martial, however being given the pink card after one other VAR overview.
Bruno Fernandes transformed the spot kick earlier than Martial added his second within the remaining minute of regular time and Dan James made it 9 in stoppage time.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s facet matched its biggest-ever win within the Premier League, having additionally crushed Ipswich 9-0 in 1995.
United had received by 9 objectives on three different events, all earlier than 1900.
Its report residence victory in all competitions was a 10-0 win over Anderlecht within the 1956 European Cup.
United moved stage on factors with first-place Manchester Metropolis, however is behind on objective distinction.
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