Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani and Jan Bednarek’s own goal made it 4-0 before half-time. Anthony Martial came off the bench to score twice in the second half, while Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes and Daniel James also netted either side
Man United's Edinson Cavani (right) is jubilant after scoring against Southampton during their EPL match on Tuesday. Pic/Getty Images
Manchester United matched the English Premier League record win with a 9-0 demolition of nine-man Southampton on Tuesday to move level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table.
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It is the second consecutive campaign Saints have suffered a 9-0 thrashing after Leicester last season at St Mary’s equalled the record set by United against Ipswich in 1995.
The visitors were punished for Alexandre Jankewitz’s second-minute red card on his EPL debut. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani and Jan Bednarek’s own goal made it 4-0 before half-time. Anthony Martial came off the bench to score twice in the second half, while Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes and Daniel James also netted either side of Bednarek’s late dismissal. Southampton were already decimated by an injury crisis that led to Jankewitz, 19, getting his chance before he lunged into McTominay after just 79 seconds.
United had taken just one point from their previous two games. But they made sure they stormed back to winning ways by opening up the 10 men at will.
Magical performance
“We’ve been waiting for them to show the magic and it was a night for them to go and enjoy it. We’ve not had many times where we could just enjoy the second half,” Solskjaer said. “You get lots of confidence from a performance like this, scoring goals is always good for a team.” Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl added: “It was a stupid foul from the young lad [Jankewitz] and kills everything. What can I say? It’s horrible.”
Arsenal lose to Wolves
Meanwhile, Arsenal’s ill-discipline cost Mikel Arteta’s men again as the nine-man Gunners were beaten 2-1 at Wolves on Tuesday.
Nicolas Pepe’s strike opened the scoring at Molineux. But David Luiz’s third red card in two seasons as an Arsenal player turned the game around. Ruben Neves converted the penalty before Joao Moutinho’s strike put Wolves in front. Goalkeeper Bernd Leno then rounded off a miserable night for Arsenal when he was also dismissed for handling the ball outside his box.
1995
The last time Man United scored nine goals (v Ipswich)
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