Panicky, amateurish and dicing with defeat to Southampton, who are bottom and had failed to win away in the Premier League before this: Manchester United veered with the red-faced embarrassment of suffering a reverse they would long be reminded of.
But, enter Amad Diallo whose hat-trick goal came in added time ? into an open goal ? his second on the stroke of full-time ? a supreme finish of Christian Eriksen?s chipped ball ?and followed the winger?s equaliser minutes before: all due to a refusal to lose. Ruben Amorim stated he would learn more tonight about his players than from Sunday?s FA Cup penalty shoot-out win at Arsenal or the previous 2-2 draw at Liverpool: he certainly did after a display so concerning it was surreal.
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