Manchester United vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League score and result as Adams cancels Sancho goal
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Manchester United’s frustrating season continued when they were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday.
United started brightly at Old Trafford, creating several early openings before Jadon Sancho got on the end of Marcus Rashford’s low cross to fire the hosts in front in the 21st minute.
However, United, just as they did against Burnley in midweek, dropped off after scoring and again conceded early in the second half, when Scotland international Che Adams slotted home in the 48th minute to equalise.
Saints wasted two great chances to complete the turnaround as the Old Trafford fans grew more and more frustrated about another game that was slipping out of their team’s hands.
Cristiano Ronaldo thought he had scored a late winner for United, only for his close-range strike to be ruled out for offside.
The draw means United remain fifth in the standings on 40 points from 24 matches played, 20 points adrift of leaders Manchester City, while Saints stretched their unbeaten run to four in all competitions to stay 10th.
Follow live build-up, team news, line-ups, minute-by-minute coverage, analysis and reaction below:
Man Utd 1 - 0 Southampton
24 mins: Man Utd almost initiate another counter after James Ward-Prowse’s cross into their box is cleared. Bruno Fernandes wants to pick out Marcus Rashford again with an aerial pass but Mohammed Salisu jumps in front of the ball and stops it with his hand giving United a free kick.
GOAL! Man Utd 1 - 0 Southampton (Sancho, 21’)⚽️
21 mins: There’s the opener! Bruno Fernandes kick starts a counterattack by sending the ball up the right side of the pitch. Marcus Rashford brings it under control and weaves around Mohammed Salisu who slips and can’t track back. It allows Rashford a free un into the box with Jadon Sancho matching him on the opposite side. Rashford draws out Frasr Forster then squares the ball and Sancho turns it into the back of the net despite a last ditch slide from Kyle Walker-Peters.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Southampton
18 mins: Manchester United are just starting to worry Southampton. They’re passing it around the 18-yard box nicely probing for any opening in the Saints’ backline.
Dalot sends it inside to Ronaldo who’s quickly surrounded by the centre-backs with Mohammed Salisu winning the ball and clearing the danger.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Southampton
15 mins: Another cross from Elyounoussi wins Southampton a corner. It’s knocked short to Stuart Armstrong who is pounced on quickly by Sancho and loses the ball.
Man Utd play it out from the back and send the ball to Pogba who laces a great diagonal pass over to Marcus Rashford on the right wing. He holds up the ball and waits for Pogba to get close before sending it back to him. Pogba then curls a cross over to the opposite side of the penalty area where Ronaldo jumps under the ball and watches it bounce out of play.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Southampton
12 mins: Chances at both ends! Mohamed Elyounoussi darts inside from the left and floats an aerial pass over to the back post. Walker-Peters arrives and knocks it back into the box where Che Adams can’t turn his header towards goal. The ball bobbles out to James Ward-Prowse but his first time shot is blocked by Luke Shaw which allows United to counterattack. Sancho carries the ball down the left side and brings it all the way into the box. Ronaldo and Fernandes are open but Sancho goes it alone, prods a shot towards the far bottom and sees his effort kept out but Fraser Forster’s outstretched left leg!
Man Utd 0 - 0 Southampton
9 mins: Chance! Man Utd should be ahead. Paul Pogba plays another fine ball into the inside right channel and Jadon Sancho outpaces Kyle Walker-Peters to get to the ball first. He slides the ball into the box for Cristiano Ronaldo who takes it around the goalkeeper and guides it back towards the open goal. There’s no power behind his effort though and Romain Perraud gets back in time to clear it before the ball crosses the line.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Southampton
6 mins: Good work from Paul Pogba in the middle of the pitch. He holds up the ball up and shimmies away from a tackle before threading it in behind Walker-Peters allowing Sancho a free run towards the Southampton box. Cristiano Ronaldo is calling for the ball on the front edge of the area but Sancho holds on to it too long and when he eventually cuts it back Oriol Romeu nips in front of Ronaldo to intercept the pass.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Southampton
3 mins: Luke Shaw and Jadon Sancho combine on the Man Utd left to work the ball down the wing. Sancho attempts to slip a pass around Kyle Walker-Peters but is gets blocked by the Southampton right-back and the attack breaks down.
Saints drive the ball through midfield and knock it out ot Armando Broja on the wing. He slips the ball past Raphael Varane and sprints in behind the defender before squaring a pass into the six-yard box. Mohamed Elyounoussi comes flying into the box but he just can’t reach the loose ball and Diogo Dalot tidies up.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Southampton
Kick off: Southampton get the match started at Old Trafford and work the ball over to the left wing. Scott McTominay leaps to win the ball in the air but it drops over his head and bounces out for an early United throw in.
Manchester United vs Southampton
Here come the teams. Southampton stroll out onto the Old Trafford pitch before Harry Maguire leads out Manchester United. Southampton are in fine form and this should turn out to be a fascinating contest.
Kick off is next...
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