The Saints were forced to play almost the entirety of the game with 10 men after debutant

Alexandre Jankewitz was shown a straight red card for a studs-up challenge on Scott McTominay just

82 seconds into the match.

Defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka opened the scoring in the 18th minute with Marcus Rashford and

Edinson Cavani adding one each alongside Jan Bednarek’s own goal in the first half. Bednarek would

be sent off later in the game with 4 minutes to go for bringing down Martial in the box as Southampton

finished with 9 men on the pitch.

Anthony Martial found the back of the net twice in the second half while McTominay, Bruno Fernandes

and Daniel James too scored to hand the visitors their second 9-0 defeat under manager Ralph Hasenhüttl.

“We shared the goals between the players. When the game starts like it does, it’s always if you can get

the first goal as we have seen so many examples of 10 men closing up shop and getting a draw,”

Ole Gunnar Solskjær told BT Sport after the match.

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.

“You get lots of confidence from a performance like this, scoring goals is always good for a team.”

In the process of the 9-0 win, Rashford also overtook the legendary Frenchman Eric Cantona’s goal tally

for the club with his 83rd strike.

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