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The 2020–21 Premier League football match between Manchester United and Southampton was played at Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, on 2 February 2021. The match finished 9–0 to Manchester United, equalling the record winning margin in a Premier League match, shared with their own 9–0 win at home to Ipswich Town in March 1995 and Leicester City ‘s 9–0 away win over Southampton in October 2019. [ 1 ]

seven different players scored for United ( excluding Jan Bednarek ‘s own finish ), equalling the all-time Premier League record of most goalscorers for the like team in a single match, set when Chelsea beat Aston Villa 8–0 in December 2012. [ 2 ] The couple is the joint-seventh highest-scoring Premier League meet in history .

background [edit ]

Manchester United went into the match in moment place in the 2020–21 Premier League table on 41 points, three behind rivals Manchester City, albeit having played 21 matches to City ‘s 20. They had lost merely once in their last 16 matches, although they had besides won only one of their end four ; City had overtaken them at the clear of the league with a 5–0 succeed over West Bromwich Albion on 26 January, [ 3 ] and United ‘s kill at home to last-placed Sheffield United the adjacent day gave City a farther advantage. [ 4 ] United then fell further behind on 30 January, as they could alone manage a scoreless draw away to rivals Arsenal, [ 5 ] while City beat Sheffield United 1–0 at home. [ 6 ] meanwhile, Southampton went into the couple in 11th put, though they had concisely led the Premier League in November, [ 7 ] and were however deoxyadenosine monophosphate high as one-third in mid-december ; [ 8 ] a run of just one win in eight Premier League matches, including losing their final three, had seen them drop down the mesa. [ 9 ] They had besides scored barely three goals in those eight matches, having managed 24 in the first 13 games of the season. The sides had already met once that season, at Southampton ‘s home prime, St Mary ‘s Stadium, on 29 November 2020. Jan Bednarek opened the scoring center through the first half with a header from a James Ward-Prowse corner, before Ward-Prowse himself scored from a direct free kick 10 minutes late. Bruno Fernandes pulled a goal back for Manchester United just under 15 minutes into the second half, turning family a rightist crabbed from Edinson Cavani, who had come on at half-time, before providing the assist for Cavani to head in the equalising goal in the 74th minute. In the second minute of second-half arrest time, Cavani scored the winner with another header, this time following a crabbed from the left wing by Marcus Rashford. It was the fourth clock time in the season that United had come from behind to win. [ 10 ]

team survival [edit ]

While Manchester United had a full police squad available heading into the equal, Southampton were missing respective players through injury, including Ibrahima Diallo, Michael Obafemi, Oriol Romeu, Mohammed Salisu, Will Smallbone, Nathan Tella, Jannik Vestergaard, Theo Walcott and Kyle Walker-Peters. [ 11 ] Southampton made four changes from their 1–0 loss to Aston Villa three days earlier ; in the absence of central midfielders Diallo, Romeu and Smallbone, coach Ralph Hasenhüttl gave a full debut to Swiss 19-year-old Alexandre Jankewitz, who had come on as a deep substitute against Aston Villa. Right-back Walker-Peters had not played since Southampton ‘s 1–0 FA Cup fourth round gain over Arsenal and was deputised by Kayne Ramsay, as Yan Valery had been loaned to Birmingham City before the transfer deadline the previous day. Their other changes saw Moussa Djenepo and Ché Adams come in for Walcott and Nathan Redmond, who was on the bench. [ 12 ] Southampton included child Will Ferry on the bench. [ 13 ] Manchester United ‘s alone change to their starting line-up witness Mason Greenwood come in for Paul Pogba, while Brandon Williams, who had been a campaigner to go out on loan during the transfer window, replaced Axel Tuanzebe on the bench. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]

Referee [edit ]

The reviewer for the equal was microphone Dean from Cheshire. He was supported by assistant referees Darren Cann and Ian Hussin, fourth official Lee Mason, and a video adjunct referee team of Graham Scott and Stephen Child. [ 16 ]

match [edit ]

drumhead [edit ]

In the second minute of the meet, Southampton midfielder Alexandre Jankewitz, on his first begin for the club, was sent off for a high challenge on Scott McTominay. It was entirely the fourthly time that a player had been sent off within the first base two minutes of a Premier League game. [ 1 ] now with a man advantage, Manchester United opened the score in the 18th minute, when right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka met a cross from Luke Shaw at the back mail. [ 1 ] Marcus Rashford doubled United ‘s moderate seven minutes late, before forcing an own goal from Jan Bednarek in the 34th hour. [ 1 ] Edinson Cavani added a one-fourth finish for the home side five minutes by and by, and it could have been 5–0 before half-time when referee Mike Dean awarded a punishment for a foul on Cavani by Kayne Ramsay ; however, the decision was overturned by the video adjunct referee, who deemed the foul to have taken home outside the punishment area. [ 1 ] At half-time, Manchester United brought on Anthony Martial and Donny van de Beek in place of Cavani and Shaw. [ 1 ] Ché Adams thought he had pulled a goal back for Southampton eight minutes into the second gear half, only to have it rule narrowly offside by the video adjunct referee. [ 1 ] The score stayed at 4–0 for much of the second half, before Martial scored his first goal in nine games in the 69th minute. [ 1 ] McTominay scored United ‘s sixth with a low shooting from outside the punishment area two minutes subsequently. [ 1 ] United were finally awarded a penalty in the 87th moment when Martial was denied a goalscoring opportunity in the penalty area by Bednarek, who was sent off, reducing Southampton to nine men ; Bruno Fernandes converted the spot-kick to make the score 7–0. [ 1 ] Martial then added United ‘s eighth finish in the 90th minute, the first time he had scored more than once in a plot since his hat-trick against Sheffield United in June 2020, before colleague substitute Daniel James, who had come on for Rashford in the second gear half, completed the 9–0 scoreline in the final minute of second-half stop time. [ 1 ] Manchester United ‘s complete dominance was reflected in the expect goals ( xG ) measured, creating 3.7 xG in comparison to merely 0.5 xG from Southampton. [ 17 ]

Details [edit ]

Manchester United

 Southampton

Statistics [edit ]

Overall[18]
Statistic manchester United Southampton
Goals scored 9 0
Total shots 24 3
Shots on target 14 1
Touches 784 385
Passes 626 215
Tackles 13 20
Clearances 4 30
Ball possession 74.6% 25.4%
Corner kicks 5 3
Fouls conceded 11 6
Offsides 3 2
Yellow cards 2 3
Red cards 0 2

Aftermath and reaction [edit ]

It was the irregular time in Premier League history, since the league ‘s origin in 1992, that Manchester United had recorded a 9–0 victory ; the first was in March 1995 against Ipswich Town. The only other 9–0 scoreline in the league ‘s history besides saw Southampton on the fall back side, having lost at home to Leicester City in October 2019. [ 19 ] Among the three wins, this was the only one without any player scoring a hat-trick. Excluding Bednarek ‘s own finish, Manchester United had seven players on the score tabloid, equalling the record for the most players to have scored for the like team in a unmarried match in Premier League history, [ 1 ] set by Chelsea in an 8–0 winnings over Aston Villa in December 2012. [ 20 ] The consequence moved Manchester United level on points with Manchester City at the lead of the Premier League table on 44 points, although City ‘s finish difference was still better by five goals, despite United ‘s winning margin ; [ 21 ] City besides had two games in hand ; a 2–0 away win over Burnley the surveil night restored their three-point advantage at the top of the table. [ 22 ] City and United would finish first and second gear at the end of the season. After the kill, Jankewitz was subjected to racist maltreatment on social media, which Southampton passed on to the Hampshire Constabulary. [ 23 ] Southampton appealed the bolshevik tease issued to Bednarek, which was subsequently rescinded by The Football Association. [ 24 ]

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