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Manchester United beat Southampton today 3-2 at Old Trafford. For Southampton, the goal was scored by Yann Vallery and Jamie Ward-Prowse. For Manchester United, the goals were scored by Andreas Pereira and two from Romelu Lukaku.
In the first half, Manchester United started very well. Romelu Lukaku missed two easy chances in the first 5 minutes. Angus Gunn was very busy in the first 10 minutes of the game. Jannick Vestergaard missed a header from a corner for Southampton in the 11th minute. The match then lost the sting a bit, but then the 20-year-old Yann Vallery scored an absolute stunner from outside the box to give Southampton the lead.
Lukaku missed another big chance as he headed the cross from Andreas Pereira wide. Manchester United then again came close with Chris Smalling's header from the corner, but they just couldn't find a decisive touch in the first half.
In the second half, Manchester United lost Alexis Sanchez to injury early on and Marcus Rashford missed another easy header, but the n Manchester United got level with an absolute stunner from Andreas Pereira, even better than Vallery.
Lukaku, within minutes, then made it 2-1 and it was assisted by Andreas Pereira. Manchester United turned the game right on its head in their old style. But, Jamie Ward-Prowse brought Southampton level with a stunning free kick.
Lukaku then scored another brilliant goal to put Manchester United in front again. Manchester United got a penalty later on and Paul Pogba's effort was saved by Angus Gunn.
This win means that Manchester United broke into the top 4 over Arsenal. Also, Manchester United are now just 3 points behind Tottenham Hotspurs. When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over Manchester United, they were 11 points behind the Lillywhites which just shows how Manchester United have turned their season around.
Here's how Twitter reacted to Manchester United's win against the Saints:
