The podium held out his arms, but Manchester United conceded a draw (2-2) in the final seconds against Southampton at Old Trafford, at the end of the 35th day of the Premier League on Monday. The Mancunians do not take advantage of the setbacks of Chelsea and Leicester this weekend and remain fifth, ahead of the goal difference by the Foxes, fourth. First picked cold by the Saints, the Red Devils quickly recovered, thanks to their offensive skills, Anthony Martial at the head, but reduced to 10 at the end of the match due to the head injury of Brandon Williams, they fell in overtime.
Martial goalscorer and passer
Pressed by the Saints, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's players will have missed the start and the end of their meeting. A missed oriented control by Paul Pogba and Stuart Armstrong took the opportunity to open the scoring in the 12th minute (0-1). Marcus Rashford replied in the process, but his goal was canceled for offside. No illegal position however a few minutes later for the Mancunian striker at the conclusion of an action initiated by Pogba and extended with the toe by Martial for his fellow attacker (1-1, 20th). Martial passer, then goalscorer on a superb powerful strike at the far post (2-1, 23rd), at the end of a movement again started by Pogba. Martial's 16th goal this season in the Premier League and his 50th in the league in the jersey of the Red Devils. He entered the Top 10 players of the club having crossed this bar and became the 7th Frenchman to reach this statistic in England.
United, who scored 19 goals in seven games, failed to take shelter in the second period. Worse, David de Gea, after having to work on a shot from Nathan Redmond (85th), bowed to Michael Obafemi, who had managed to beat Victor Lindelöf (2-2, 90th + 6). Manchester United will have to start looking for a place in the Champions League as soon as it moves to Crystal Palace on Thursday.
Day 35 results:
Saturday July 11
Watford -Newcastle 2-1
Norwich- West Ham 0-4
Liverpool-Burnley 1-1
Sheffield United -Chelsea 3-0
Brighton- Manchester City 0-5
Sunday July 12
Wolverhampton -Everton 3-0
Aston Villa -Crystal Palace 2-0
Tottenham -Arsenal 2-1
Bournemouth -Leicester 4-1
Monday July 13
Manchester United-Southampton 2-2
Read also
- Premier League Ranking
