Manchester United vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League score and result as Adams cancels Sancho goal
Follow live reaction of the Premier League match at Old Trafford this lunchtime
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:
Manchester United vs Southampton
The warm-ups are done at Old Trafford. Southampton come into today’s game on the back of a great victory over Tottenham during the week and will be confident of earning a positive result against Man Utd today.
For their part Man Utd will hope to move back into the top four but they’ll need to pick up three points to do so.
Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick admits Cristiano Ronaldo must score more goals
Ralf Rangnick has admitted that Cristiano Ronaldo needs to score more goals but believes his Manchester United team-mates are just as responsible for recent struggles to find the net.
Ronaldo has only scored one non-penalty goal since Rangnick’s appointment in early December and missed from the spot in the FA Cup fourth round defeat to Middlesbrough last week.
United have only scored more than once in two of Rangnick’s 12 games in charge, however, while consecutive 1-1 draws against Middlesbrough and Burnley came despite out-shooting their opponents 52-14.
Ralf Rangnick admits Cristiano Ronaldo ‘must score more goals’
Ronaldo has scored one non-penalty goal since Rangnick’s appointment in early December
Manchester United vs Southampton
Cristiano Ronaldo has gone five appearances without a goal in all competitions. His most recent longer run without scoring at club level was seven games from December 2008 to January 2009.
Manchester United vs Southampton
The only opponents Ralph Hasenhüttl has never beaten in the Premier League are Manchester United and Cardiff City.
His results against the Red Devils are played six, drawn three, lost three. Will he finally earn a first victory at Old Trafford today?
Manchester United vs Southampton
Southampton’s 12-match run without a clean sheet in the Premier League is currently the longest in the division. They have conceded an unrivalled 200 Premier League goals since Ralph Hasenhüttl’s first game in charge in December 2018.
Manchester United vs Southampton
Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in five goals in his four league appearances against Southampton, scoring twice and assisting three.
Manchester United vs Southampton
Southampton have only lost once in nine games, including two FA Cup ties, and have both scored and conceded in each of those fixtures.
Manchester United vs Southampton
Manchester United’s solitary defeat in their 11 Premier League fixtures since the departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came against Wolves on 3rd January.
Under Ralf Rangnick they have won six league games, drawn four and lost just one.
Manchester United vs Southampton
Southampton are vying to win consecutive league matches for just the second time this season, while it’s 15 months since they earned three straight victories in all competitions.
Manchester United vs Southampton
Man Utd are unbeaten in 23 home league matches in February since losing 2-1 to Manchester City in February 2008. They’ve won 18 and drawn five games during that run.
The Red Devils have only scored nine goals in as many league games at Old Trafford. United’s failure to score in four home matches this season is already more than in the entirety of 2020-21.
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