Manchester United have failed to take advantage of the slips from Leicester City and Chelsea. The team of coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was heading for a victory against Southampton for a long time, but deep in injury time Southampton made the final score at 2-2.
After twelve minutes, The Mancunians were pushed to the facts by Southampton, who had traveled to Old Trafford to make it a tough game. Stuart Armstrong opened the score on behalf of the visit from the South of England, which is already safe as number twelve and therefore no longer plays for anything. Long time The Saints however, don’t enjoy their lead.
United turned the game around completely within three minutes. In the twentieth minute Marcus Rashford made it 1-1 and Anthony Martial sprinkled some extra salt in the Southampton wound by making it 2-1 almost immediately. At that time, the Frenchman had already missed a big chance of a goal and it was therefore not surprising that The Red Devils did business soon after.
After the break it remained exciting for a long time and that was mainly due to the team of Solskjaer. They did not end the game and as a result, Southampton continued to hope for a stunt. It came in extremis: in the seventh minute of the injury time, Michael Obafemi tipped in a corner, plunging all of United into mourning.
The Mancunians would have been third with a victory, but one point does not bring them higher than fifth place. Leicester City is still fourth and still has Champions League football in its hands, but that is on goal difference. United have two more games to rise at least one spot and sentence Leicester or Chelsea to the Europa League.
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