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:
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
90 mins: Five minutes added time to play. Plenty of time for a winner. Who’s going to get it?
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
87 mins: Nasty. A Southampton counterattack see Armando Broja collect a long ball and shimmy inside of Harry Maguire. He drives the ball into the box but runs into Diogo Dalot. Maguire gets back and bundles Broja off the ball before landing on him as he follows through. It’s a painful one for the Southampton striker.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
84 mins: Paul Pogba clips Tino Livramento on the right side and goes down colliding with teammate Kyle Walker-Peters. The physios are on to see to the Southampton men and Pogba is shown a yellow card.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
81 mins: The Manchester United fans are encouraging their team to ‘attack, attack, attack’. Jesse Lingard comes on to replace Marcus Rashford for the final 10 minutes or so. Will he be the difference to get the home side over the line?
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
78 mins: Sancho plays a great ball over to Dalot on the right side but he can’t pick out Elanga in the box and Stephens boots it clear for Southampton.
Chance! Fernandes knocks the ball over the top and picks out Rashford. He brings the ball into the box and laces a right-footed effort wide of the far post.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
75 mins: Tino Livramento is on for Southampton having replaced Mohamed Elyounoussi. For Manchester United Anthony Elanga replaces Scott McTominay.
15 minutes to go at Old Trafford. Will we see a winning goal?
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
72 mins: Disallowed goal! Man Utd win a free kick over on the right side of the final third and Bruno Fernandes curls the set piece into the box. Cristiano Ronaldo runs in behind the high Southampton line and heads the bouncing ball into the back of the net. Pretty much all of United’s attackers are offside and the goal doesn’t stand.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
69 mins: Broja wins the ball in Manchester United’s final third again and drives to the edge of the penalty area before seeing a shot blocked by Harry Maguire.
Southampton are getting closer and closer to going in front.
Man Utd 1 - 1 Southampton
66 mins: Marcus Rashford receives the ball wide on the left and cuts inside but loses possession before he can shoot. Southampton sweep rapidly up the pitch and find Broja in an advanced position. He runs past Maguire with seeming ease and chips the ball over De Gea only for Dalot to sweep the ball clear from inside the six-yard box.
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